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?
