Ancient Greece
The polis was the Greek term meaning...
What is city-state?
This civilization was based on sea trade in the Mediterranean influenced later Greek civilization.
What was Minoan civilization?
These were the commoners in Rome that struggled for equality with the noble patricians.
Who are plebeians?
The Punic Wars were fought between Rome and this city, which had naval control of the Mediterranean Sea.
What was Carthage?
This terms is translated to mean "Roman peace" and refers to the 200 year period of relative stability in the empire established by Augustus.
What is Pax Romana?
It was the body of free Athenian men that decided on laws proposed by the Council of 500.
What was the Assembly?
Greece fought these wars with its eastern neighbor, twice, the first one being initiated by Darius because the Athenians supported a rebellion against him. These were known as the _____ wars.
What was Persian?
The Roman consuls were closely advised by this governmental body, which was largely made up of patricians and whose approval was generally required for laws to pass.
What is the Senate?
Rome fought these wars against Carthage, and its victory resulted in a vast expansion of its territory and also many new social and political problems in Rome.
What were the Punic Wars?
This dynasty of four emperors followed the reign of Augustus and were all related to his family line but were not very effective emperors.
Who were the Julio-Claudians?
He was the Athenian leader who led Athens into war with Sparta and also built the Parthenon.
Who was Pericles?
This Macedonian king not only helped his father conquer the Greeks, but he conquered the entire Persian Empire before dying in his early thirties.
Who was Alexander the Great?
Elected by the popular assembly in Rome, these officials were responsible for running the city of Rome and even commanding troops in war.
Who are the consuls?
Known as an informal political alliance among Pompey, Crassus this soon to be famous, and dead, Roman dictator.
Who was Caesar?
This term described the division of the Empire into two separate administrative territories carried out by Diocletian after the Third Century Crisis has nearly torn the empire apart.
What was tetrarchy?
Minoan civilization, the earliest known Greek civilization was located on this island in the Mediterranean Sea.
What is Crete?
This was a conflict fought between Athens and Sparta after the conclusion of the Persian Wars.
What was the Peloponnesian War?
These officials were elected by the plebeian assembly and were to protect the interests of the plebs against the Senate and consuls.
Who were the tribunes?
After the Punic Wars, these brothers attempted, and in the case of an agrarian law, succeeded in passing reforms to give Roman commoners greater access to land and reduce the political power of the wealthy senatorial class.
Who were the Gracchi?
He attributed a victory in a civil war to Christ and once in power issued an edict of toleration to Christianity.
Who was Constantine?
Alexander's conquest of Persian brought about a spread of Greek language and culture into the East known as...
What was Hellenism?
This Athenian poet and statesman was chosen to be the first tyrant in order to settle the class conflicts that arose between the nobility and indebted farmers.
Who was Solon?
He was responsible for reorganizing Rome's government, permanently shifting it away from a republic to a government ruled by an emperor.
Who was Octavian aka Augustus?
It was at this battle in 31 BC, where Octavian defeated this Roman general and lover of Cleopatra.
Who was Mark Antony?
Also known as the Five Good Emperors, together they were responsible for maintaining Pax Romana, expanding social services & peaceful transitions of power from one emperor to the next.
Who were the Antonine dynasty?