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AP World History: DBQ Design Activity
Directions:
The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1-10. (The documents have been
edited for the purpose of this exercise.) Write your answer on the lined pages of the Section II freeresponse booklet.
This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents.
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Write an essay that:
Has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with evidence from the documents.
Uses all of the documents.
Analyzes the documents by grouping them in as many appropriate ways as possible. Does not
simply summarize the documents individually.
Takes into account the sources of the documents and analyzes the authors’ points of view.
Identifies and explains the need for at least one additional type of document.
You may refer to relevant historical information not mentioned in the documents.
Historical Background: The Roman Empire came into being shortly after the death of Julius Caesar
in 44 B.C.E. Caesar initiated the transformation of Rome to an Empire when he led an invading army
of Romans against the Senate and the city and established himself as the “first citizen”. In the
process, Caesar instituted broad, wide ranging reforms that would impact Rome for centuries. As a
result of conquest and empire, Rome had simply outgrown the republic and the values that he held
for centuries.
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Question:
Document 1: “Speech on Rome” Aelius Aristides; Greek Orator, delivering a speech to the Senate in
155 C.E.
Document 2: “The Life of Augustus”-Suetonius; Roman Patrician and Empirical Biographer, 122
C.E.
Document 3: “Principles of Roman Political Virtue”-Plutarch; Greek politician, empirical
biographer, orator, and writer; 61 C.E.
Document 4: “On Julius Caesar, a man of of unlimited ambition”-Plutarch; Greek politician,
empirical biographer, orator, and writer; 61 C.E.