Greece
$100: The most famous Greek reformer who helped Athens establish democracy.
$100: The most powerful body in the Roman Republic.
Senate
$100: The founder of the Persian Empire who allowed Jews to return to Jerusalem, fulfilling prophecy.
Cyrus the Great
$100: A Roman lawyer and official famous for letters describing the eruption of Vesuvius.
Pliny the Younger
$100: The first complex societies in North America.
Mississippian and Anasazi
$100: The emperor who made Christianity legal in the Roman Empire with the Edict of Milan.
Constantine
Homer's most important contribution to Greek culture
Providing them with a common set of values
$200: He declared himself emperor of Rome and was murdered by his own senators.
Julius Caesar
$200: He overthrew an imposter to become ruler of Persia and reformed the political system. His son succeeded him.
Darius I and Xerxes
$200: A Roman senator and historian of the Empire.
Tacitus
$200: The largest city in the Americas before 1500.
Teotihuacan
$200: How did the expansion of the Roman Empire enhance the spread of the Gospel?
Pax Romana, Roman roads, common language, political unity, and safe travel
Strategies Alexander the Great used to build and maintain unity in his empire.
adopting local customs, promoting cultural fusion, educating 30,000 boys in Greek/Macedonian ways, and appointing overseers
$300: This emperor made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.
Theodosius I
$300: The hallmark of the Persian government system was the use of these governors.
satraps
$300: A Greek-born Roman historian and biographer.
Plutarch
$300: Large stone figures representing ancestral leaders - name the figures and the Island
Moai / Easter Island
$300: One of Octavius’ names and its meaning.
Augustus (the revered one) or Princeps (first citizen)
The legacy of Alexander the Great.
never losing a battle, conquering nearly all the known world, creating a huge empire, and spreading Greek culture (Hellenism)
Who was Constantine?
The Roman emperor who issued the Edict of Milan, allowing freedom of worship.
$400: Give two tenets of Zoroastrianism.
belief in one supreme god (Ahura Mazda) and cosmic struggle between good and evil
$400: A Roman official and author accused of treason, and the emperor who forced him into suicide.
Petronius
Nero
$400: Identify Theodosius I’s "contribution" to Christianity.
made Christianity the official religion of the Empire
Describe the battles of Thermopylae and Salamis: describe their outcome.
The battles of Thermopylae and Salamis: Persian invasion by Xerxes resisted by King Leonidas & Spartans at Thermopylae (300). Spartans lost. Persians took big ships into Salamis harbor, where the Greeks outmaneuvered them and won.
Describe the Punic Wars (264–146 B.C.).
The Punic Wars (264–146 B.C.): series of wars between Rome and Carthage.
1st Punic War: Rome good on land; Carthage better at sea. Rome raised a sunken Carthaginian ship, designed their own, and invented the “crow”, a device for boarding enemy ships. Rome won.
2nd Punic War: Hannibal came from Carthage through Spain and over the Alps with elephants to attack Rome. He was winning until Scipio left Rome and invaded Carthage. Hannibal returned home, and Carthage was totally defeated.
3rd Punic War: Not a war. Rome sowed Carthage’s fields w/ salt so the empire could not be rebuilt.
Describe what happened to Darius and how his son Xerxes sought revenge.
Darius was defeated at the battle of Marathon and died before he could launch a new campaign.
Xerxes tried to get revenge and carry out his father's plan by attacking at Thermopylae (victory) then at Salamis (defeat).
$500: Explain Virgil’s purpose in writing the Aeneid.
to provide Rome with a national epic linking Roman history with Greek tradition
$500: The impact of the Roman Empire on today’s world (ALLCARE).
Alphabet, law, language, calendar, architecture, religion, entertainment (and one fact about each)