Early Greece
A traditional Greek story about their Gods
Myth
Type of government where authority rests with the nobility
Aristocracy
What kind of democracy is a republic?
Representative
Military unit made up of 5,000 men?
Legion
What city was at the top center of the region of Carthage?
Utica
A narrative poem celebrating Greek heroic deeds
Epic
Body of water located between the Balkans and Asia Minor
Adriatic Sea
What group had the most power and were wealthy land owners?
Patricians
Name 2 features of the Italian Peninsula that helped Rome Thrive
Moutains, Rivers, natural harbors etc.
Whih Roman province was in the "holy land?"
Judea
Famous war between Greece and Troy
Trojan War
The island directly to the south of Greece
Crete
Which term described the common farmers and merchants during the republic?
Plebeians
Why was agriculture good in Rome?
Fertile land from the rivers
What was the main city in Judea?
Jerusalem
Ancient Greek author that wrote the Iliad
Homer
The large island in the eastern part of the Med. Sea
Cyprus
What was the Roman code of law called?
12 Tables
What city is centrally located on the Italian peninsula?
Rome
What wall marked the northern most part of the Roman Empire?
Hadrians Wall
Government with rule by a few selfish leaders
Oligarchy
What were the names of the 2 Greek city- states that were in competition with one another?
Athens and Sparta
What did the 12 Tables indicate about how the law should be apllied to people?
Applied to all equally
What city is on Sicily at the tip[ of the boot?
Syracuse
What river flowing west to east marked the NE most boundary of the Roman Empire?
Danube River