Roman Leaders
Emperor who was known for his cruelty to Christians and for fiddling while Rome burned
Nero
City that was destroyed when Mt. Vesuvius erupted
Pompeii
Chinese "thinker" who believed we should put others needs before our own and do our duty to our government
Confucius
most ornate type of Greek columns
Corinthian
Egyptian queen who killed herself along with Antony to avoid being captured by Octavian's military
Cleopatra
Roman Emperor who was told to "Beware the Ides of March"
Julius Caesar
Greek city known for training its boys to be soldiers from the age of 7
Sparta
Greek thinker who was sentenced to death after being accused of teaching students to rebel
Socrates
terraced gardens built by Nebuchadnezzar for his wife
The Hanging Gardens
Battle in which the Greeks defeated the Persians and Pheidippides died after running nearly 25 miles to relay the message
Battle of Marathon
Famous Roman dictator who was a role model for George Washington
Cincinnatus
City from which Hannibal came
Carthage
idea developed by Hanfeizi which taught that humans were naturally evil and needed harsh laws and strict punishments
legalism
city on the west bank of the Nile where the Great Pyramid and 2 others still stand
Giza
Battle in which the Greeks held off the Persians at a narrow pass long enough for Athens to assemble 200 ships
Battle of Thermopylae
Mentally unstable emperor who named his horse as consul
Caligula
Kingdom of which Ethelbert was king
Kent
student of Socrates who wrote a book about government called "The Republic" and started a school called the Academy
Plato
Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Nomads from the Gobi Desert who attacked China
Xiongnu
Roman Emperor who made Christianity Rome's official religion and outlawed all other religions
Theodosius
Anyang
Greek "thinker" who wrote over 200 books and had a school called the Lyceum
Aristotle
Main gathering place in a Greek polis where temples and altars were built
Empire of ferocious warriors whose capital city was Nineveh and who was taken over by the Chaldeans
Assyria