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Julius Caesar Movie Guide
Directions: Answer the following questions while watching “When Rome Ruled:
Julius Caesar”.
1. On what day was Julius Caesar murdered?
2. Which general seizes power during a period of civil unrest in Rome?
3. Who wrote a written account of Caesar’s accomplishments?
4. What skill does Caesar master early on that is essential to his success in
public?
5. How did planning the gladiator games affect Caesar’s relationship with the
everyday citizens of Rome?
6. Why does Caesar form a pact with Crassus and Pompey?
7. What structure was Pompey famous for having built?
8. How did Caesar fortify, or strengthen, the city of Alesia?
9. What is the result of Caesar crossing into Italy with his army?
10. Where is Pompey murdered?
11. What happens when Marc Antony offers Caesar a crown?
12. What did Caesar do to those who fought him in the civil war?
13. Why is it ironic that Caesar is stabbed right under a statue of Pompey the
Great?
14. How did the people of Rome react to Caesar’s death?
15. Octavian uses the title “princeps”, what did this title mean?