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Tuesday 4 June 2024 – Morning
A Level Ancient History
H407/23 Emperors and Empire
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes




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Section A: The Julio-Claudian Emperors, 31 BC–AD 68

Answer Question 1 or Question 2 and answer Question 3.

Answer either Question 1 or Question 2.


1* ‘The Julio-Claudian emperors’ reigns always started well, became worse and then finished badly.’

How far do you agree with this view?

You must consider the reigns of at least two emperors in your answer.

You must use and analyse the ancient sources you have studied as well as your own knowledge
to support your answer. [30]


2* In what ways and for what reasons did the Julio-Claudians try to maintain good relations with the
ordinary people of Rome?

You must use and analyse the ancient sources you have studied as well as your own knowledge
to support your answer. [30]


Answer Question 3.


3 Read the interpretation below.
© Richard Alston, Aspects of Roman History 31 BC-AD 117, p.65, Routledge, 2014. From first line " Augustus represented his pre-eminence as the means by which Rome could rediscover her traditions and disciplines and face the challenges that lay before her." to last line "To a considerable extent




How convincing do you find Alston’s view that there was a ‘take-over of the Roman state in which
the old Roman Republic was absorbed and managed by the emperor’?

You must use your knowledge of the historical period and the ancient sources you have studied
to analyse and evaluate Alston’s view. [20]




© OCR 2024 H407/23 Jun24

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Section B: Ruling Roman Britain, AD 43–c.128

Answer Question 4 and answer Question 5 or Question 6.

Answer Question 4.


4 Read the sources below.
© C. W. Grocock, Inscriptions of Roman Britain, p. 56, London Association Of Classical Teachers, 2017. From first line " Obverse: Bust of Hadrian wearing laurel-wreath." to last line " (pontifex maximus, holding tribunician power, three times consul. By decree of the Senate. Britannia.)" Item removed d




© C. W. Grocock, Inscriptions of Roman Britain, p. 63, London Association Of Classical Teachers, 2017. From first line " Obverse: Bust of Hadrian wearing a laurel wreath." to last line " Below S(ENATVS) C(ONSVLTO) (by decree of the Senate)." Item removed due to third party copyright restrictions.




How useful are these sources for our understanding of the importance of the frontier of Britain in
the reign of Hadrian? [12]




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Answer either Question 5 or Question 6.


5* ‘Agricola was a more successful governor than Ostorius Scapula.’

How far do the sources support this view?

You must use and analyse the ancient sources you have studied as well as your own knowledge
to support your answer. [36]


6* ‘Only the elites gained any economic benefit from the effects of Roman rule.’

To what extent do you agree with this statement?

You must use and analyse the ancient sources you have studied as well as your own knowledge
to support your answer. [36]


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