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Roman society: OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation questions

Every OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation exam question on Roman society, 2021–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

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  1. Q6(a)

    June 2024 · Roman City Life

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    June 2024 · Roman City Life

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  3. Q7

    June 2024 · Roman City Life

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  4. Q9

    June 2024 · Roman City Life

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  5. Q9

    June 2023 · Roman City Life

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  6. Q4

    June 2022 · Roman City Life

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    June 2022 · Roman City Life

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  8. Q6(a)

    November 2021 · Roman City Life

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    November 2021 · Roman City Life

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    November 2021 · Roman City Life

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All 10 questions on Roman society, as a list
  1. June 2024, Roman City Life, Q6(a) (1 mark): How much wealth did a Roman citizen need to belong to the senatorial class? [1]
  2. June 2024, Roman City Life, Q6(b) (2 marks): What privileges did a Roman citizen gain once he became a senator? Make two points. 1 2 [2]
  3. June 2024, Roman City Life, Q7 (6 marks): Source D: Inscription commemorating the career of Pliny, a senator from Comum, Italy. 7 How does Pliny’s career show that senators made an important contributio
  4. June 2024, Roman City Life, Q9 (15 marks): Answer Question 19 or Question 20. You must use any suitable literature you have studied to support your answer. 9 ‘It was difficult for freedmen and freedwomen
  5. June 2023, Roman City Life, Q9 (15 marks): Answer Question 19 or 20. You must use any suitable literature you have studied to support your answer. 9 ‘A terrible and thoroughly unpleasant experience which
  6. June 2022, Roman City Life, Q4 (2 marks): Source B: Drawings of the tomb of Naevoleia Tyche. Source C: Translation of the inscription from the tomb of Naevoleia Tyche. 4 What is shown in the carved imag
  7. June 2022, Roman City Life, Q5 (4 marks): Source B: Drawings of the tomb of Naevoleia Tyche. Source C: Translation of the inscription from the tomb of Naevoleia Tyche. 5 How does the tomb show that Naev
  8. November 2021, Roman City Life, Q6(a) (2 marks): State two ways in which Psecas might have become a slave girl. 1. 2. [2]
  9. November 2021, Roman City Life, Q6(b) (4 marks): What does this passage tell us about the treatment of domestic slave girls and slaves? Make two points. 1. 2. [4]
  10. November 2021, Roman City Life, Q7 (1 mark): Source E: A slave girl attends her mistress. 7 Name one other job a domestic slave or slave girl might carry out in a household. [1]

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