Terminology
The belief in only one God.
Monotheism
the name for the ancient Greek city-states (similar to a state in the U.S.)
Polis
Patricians
The wealthy people of Rome
A series of three wars in which Rome fought Carthage for control of the Mediterranean sea. Rome won all three.
Punic Wars
Polytheism
The belief in many Gods.
War between Athens and Sparta for control of Greece after the two Persian Wars
Peloponnesian War
Also called the plebs, the poor people of Rome that also made up the majority of the people
Plebeians
A Period of “Roman Peace” where Rome saw an increase in wealth and territory.
Pax Romana
Direct Democracy
A system of government in which people get to vote on the decisions of the government (Vote on every decision)
The center of trade in a Greek Polis (we compared it to the square)
Agora
A group of elected officials in Rome who wrote and created laws
The senate or senators
Greek culture, mainly spread around the ancient world by Alexander the Great.
Hellenism
A system of government in which people get to vote on the people that make the decisions of government (like the United States)
Republic
the hill overlooking the Agora where they often built temples to their gods in Ancient Greece
Acropolis
Two people who led the Senate in Rome, similar to the President of the U.S.
Consul
Means “like the Greeks”, a blend of Greek Western culture and Eastern cultures when Alexander the Great conquered new lands and blended the cultures together.
Hellenistic
The peninsula that most of the ancient Greece Polis were on
Peloponnese
- People who liked to question and think about the way the world worked, led to lots of logic and reason. Main Philosophers included Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
Philosophers
to be violent towards people because of their beliefs
Persecute
A group of three people leading the government together. First was Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus. Second was Octavian (Caesar Augustus), Marc Antony, and Lepidus
Triumvirate