Famous Greeks
This Greek philosopher was referred to as "The Philosopher" throughout the Medieval period in Europe, yet his ideas have been mainly overturned.
Who was Aristotle?
This Gallic leader led the rebellion against Rome?
Who was Vercingetrix?
What Macedonian leader conquered the Persian empire.
Who was Alexander the Great?
This civilization ruled over Rome for 200 years before Rome rebelled for independence.
Who were the Etruscans?
The two main rival cities of Greece
What were Athens and Sparta?
This inventor in Syracuse in Sicily made many inventions including for war against Rome.
Who was Archimedes?
This Briton queen led a rebellion to expel the Romans from Britain.
Who was Boudicca?
the Roman emperor started the Pax Romana
Who was Augustus Caesar?
Per myth these two children were raised by wolves and fought to found Rome.
Who were Romulus and Remus?
The city state that defeated Sparta
What is Thebes?
Who was Pythagorus?
This north African general went to war against Rome and used elephants in battle.
Who was Hannibal?
This Roman leader is first to have a C-section done on his mother per birth.
Who was Julius Caesar?
This Roman orator became the principal literary source to launch the Renaissance.
Who was Cicero?
This famous temple was regarded as the center of the Greek world and where advice was sought.
What was the Oracle of Delphi?
This famous Greek inventor for Alexandria made many inventions that have mainly been lost.
Who was Hiero of Alexandria?
In 410 A.D. the Germanic warlord sacked Rome.
Who was Alaric?
The Athenian the Golden Age of Greece
Who was Pericles?
This Roman writer is best known for his poems of Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid.
Who was Virgil?
The temple that Pericles made in Athens
What is Parthenon?
This Ancient Greek historian is regarded as the best historian ever.
Who was Thucydides?
This leader hated Rome and built a powerful empire and forced the Eastern and Western Roman empires to pay tribute.
Who was Attila the Hun?
The emperor who moved the Rome empire to now-a-day Turkey
Who was Constantine?
This Roman physician's works became the dominant source for medicine until the 19th century.
What is Thermopylae?