Life in Ancient Greece
Name at least three things ancient Greeks ate.
Grapes, olives, barley, apricots, seafood, animal products (eggs, milk, meat)
Cities that faced off in the Peloponnesian Wars
Athens and Sparta
Toga, tunic
The three branches of republican government
Executive, legislative, judicial
Why Julius Caesar was assassinated
He declared himself dictator and started taking more power for himself, so they feared he wanted to be a king
Gaea, Ouranos, Pontus, Chronos, Rhea, Zeus, Hera, Demeter, Poseidon, Hades, Hecate, Dionysus, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Athena, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, Hestia
Name at least two ways in which the Greeks honored the gods.
Praying, sacrifices, telling stories, festivals
Fought between Greece and Persia between 499 and 449 BCE
Greco-Persian Wars
Foods that ancient Romans ate
Beans, vegetables, seafood, dried fruit, animal products (cheese, milk)
Two men who commanded the army and could declare themselves dictator for up to 6 months in an emergency
Consuls
Man who viewed Julius Caesar as a mentor and also conspired to assassinate him
Brutus
Ancient Greek games where unmarried women could compete in a foot race
Heraean Games
An independent city-state, usually with an urban center surrounded by villages, an agora, and acropolis
Polis
Battle of the First Greco-Persian War which had 6,000 Persian casualties and only 192 Greek casualties
Battle of Marathon
Central square where people could worship at temples, shop, and listen to orators make speeches
Forum
Council of 300-900 men who advised the consuls, managed the treasury and foreign affairs, and could propose laws but not pass them
Senate
Members of the Second Triumvirate who teamed up to get revenge on Caesar's killers
Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus (and technically Cleopatra)
Number of times Julius Caesar was stabbed
About 23
Could be citizens in most parts of Greece
Free adults and children
Battle where Spartan king Leonidas I led 300 of his men to slow the Persians’ advance
Battle of Thermopylae
Name at least two subjects wealthy Roman children usually studied
Mathematics, language arts, debate, linguistics, philosophy, art, fighting, military strategy, finance
Government body that represents the plebeian class
Tribunes
Battle in 31 BCE in which Octavian defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra
Battle of Actium
The name of Alexander the Great's horse
Bucephalus
Panhellenic event emphasizing athleticism and sportsmanship
Olympics
Persian leader and son of Darius I who invaded Greece in 480 BCE
Xerxes I
Roman slave who raised an army of 70,000 people to attack Rome
Spartacus
Open to all adult male citizens in Rome and could pass laws, appoint government officials, oversee legal trials, and declare war or peace
Citizens Assembly
First Roman Emperor
Augustus
Actress who played Cleopatra in the 1963 film Antony and Cleopatra
Elizabeth Taylor