ANICENT GREECE
GREEK INTELLECTUALS
ANCIENT WARS
ROMAN EMPIRE
GREEK & ROMAN INVENTIONS
100
Peninsula mainland
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
100
Was considered the first great philosopher
Who was Socrates?
100
fought between city-states and Persia
What is the Persian Wars
100
Became the second style of government in Rome
What is the Roman Republic?
100
Brought water to the city of Rome
What are aqueducts?
200
First Crete civilization
Who were the Minoans?
200
Wrote about the great warrior Odysseus
Who was Homer?
200
Never lost a battle except to malaria
Who was Alexander the Great?
200
A peaceful period that lasted more than 200 years
What was the Pax Romana?
200
Considered to be one of the greatest contributions in Roman architecture
What is concrete or cement?
300
Built for the goddess Athena
What is the Parthenon?
300
Considered the greatest leader and led Athens through its greatest period
Who was Pericles?
300
War fought between Athens & Sparta
What was the PeloponnesianWar?
300
Despite being a slave, these warriors fought to the death in front of huge crowds
Who were the gladiators?
300
It could shoot an 8 pound ball up to a distance of 1/4 mile
What is a Balista or catapult?
400
Started modern medicine by declaring disease was not caused by gods
Who was Hippocrates?
400
United the city-states against Persia
Who was Philip of Macedon?
400
"Victory!" was this messenger cry after running a distance of 26.2 miles
What was the Battle of Marathon?
400
This religion finally became Constantine's offical choice
What is Christianity?
400
It had stone, crushed rock, and a solid finish to pave the way
What were Roman roads?
500
Taught that the body consisted of two parts--the soul & the body
Who was Plato?
500
Was the first to classify such things as plants and animals
Who was Aristotle?
500
After defeating Pompey, he marched his army to Egypt and made Cleopatra a Roman ally
Who is Julius Ceasar?
500
They were the most powerful governing body of the Roman Republic
What was the Senate?
500
An apparatus that could deliver water by turning a circular tredmill usually with the feet
What is the Archimedes Screw
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