Examine the term Gentlemens History: How has Gentlemens History affected our understanding of the key events surrounding, and our conceptions of the career of Julius Caesar, and about his allies, and his adversaries?

For this report I must examine two major points from the book, The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People’s History of Ancient Rome, Michael Parenti.

These two points are
1. Examine the term Gentlemens History: How has Gentlemens History affected our understanding of the key events surrounding, and our conceptions of the career of Julius Caesar, and about his allies, and his adversaries? In this vein, examine Dr.Parentis own treatment of Cicero as an example illustrating all aspects of Gentlemens History he examines.

2. How does Dr. Parentis examination of Gentlemens History shed light on socio-political realities in our own day? Drawing upon your text, how has Gentlemens History been used by current ideological, economic and political elites to preserve unequal and exploitive socio-political and socio-economic arrangements through history, and how do they continue doing so today? How do these elites resort to Gentlemens History to discredit, undermine, or otherwise neutralize opposing arguments and interpretations?

The only source needed to be used for this paper is the book itself.

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