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Section IV (Historical Periods): The Augustan Age 44 BC to AD 14

21 dot points across 21 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

What was the Augustan Settlement and how did it establish the principate?

How did Augustus organise the principate and the administration of the empire?

What was Augustus's foreign policy and how did he organise the imperial frontiers?

What were the geographical, social, political and economic features of the Greek mainland and the Persian Empire at the start of the fifth century BC?

How was the Delian League founded in 478 BC, what were its aims and organisation, and what did Athenian leadership of the League mean in practice?

How did Athenian democracy develop between 478 and 440 BC, and what were the reforms of Ephialtes and Pericles?

What was the First Peloponnesian War, and how did the Greek world look at the end of the period in 440 BC?

How was the Persian invasion finally defeated in 479 BC, and what were the reasons for the Greek victory?

What were the causes and course of the Ionian Revolt and the first Persian invasion of Greece culminating at Marathon?

What were the careers and significance of Themistocles, Pausanias, and Cimon in the Greek world 500 to 440 BC?

How was the Delian League transformed into the Athenian Empire between 478 and 440 BC?

What were the course and significance of Xerxes' invasion of Greece in 480 BC, including Thermopylae, Artemisium, and Salamis?

How was the Roman Empire administered under the Julio-Claudians, and what changes did the period see?

How did Claudius and Nero rule, and how is their legacy assessed?

What was the political and constitutional context of Rome at the death of Augustus in AD 14?

How did Tiberius rule from AD 14 to 37, and how is his reign assessed?

How did Octavian emerge as Caesar's heir after the Ides of March?

How did religion and propaganda support the Augustan regime?

How did Octavian defeat Antony and Cleopatra to become master of the Roman world?

What were Augustus's social and moral reforms?

How did Augustus manage the succession and what was the impact of his death?