Ancient Greece
Greek Empire
Ancient Rome
Roman Empire
Philosophers and Writers
100
The two well-known epic poems written by Homer
What is the Iliad and Odyssey?
100
This activity and this object created a sense of identity for citizens of the various city-states.
What are sporting contests, Olympics, and religious shrines.
100
Rome is located on the ____ river
What is Tiber?
100
a government in which voters elect representatives to make political decisions.
What is a republic?
100
This Greek playwright explored the issues of pride, loyalty, and personal responsibility.
Who is Sophocles?
200
Two most powerful Greek city-states
What are Athens and Sparta?
200
Name one of the two major kings of Persia
What is Darius or Xerxes?
200
Major opponent of the Roman Republic for controlling the Mediterranean
What is Carthage?
200
Became dictator of Rome in 45 bc and was assassinated in 44 bc.
Who is Julius Caesar?
200
Two Greek historians
Herodotus and Thucydides
300
The Greeks adopted this alphabet for their writing
What is Phoenician?
300
Leader of Athen who established a direct democracy as their form of government
Who is Pericles?
300
Military of leader for Carthage who attacked Rome during the Punic Wars
Who is Hannibal?
300
This leader was Caesr's great-nephew, who had won firm control of the Roman world, was given the name meaning good omen and title of emperor.
Who is Augustus?
300
Student of Plato, teacher of Alexander the Great who wrote Politics
Who is Aristotle?
400
Earliest Greek civilization that began on the island of Crete
What is Minoan?
400
Name of the Greek capital city built by Alexander the Great in Egypt
What is Alexandria?
400
The Trojan hero who claimed to have founded Rome.
Who is Aneid?
400
The farthest boundary of the Roman Empire in the north
What is Great Britian?
400
the "lover of wisdom"
Who is Socrates?
500
The Greeks referred to themselves as
Hellenes
500
Name of the war that pitted Athens against Sparta in a series of battles
What is Peloponnesian War?
500
The traditions values of ancient Romans.
pietas, duty to family, gravitas- seriousness of conduct and purpose, and fides- patriotism and loyalty.
500
Invaders who sacked Rome in 410 ad
What is the Visigoths?
500
Two Greek philosophers- one wrote about the ideal government and the other wrote about logic, ethics, and biology
Who are Plato and Aristotle?
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