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Rome
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(Greece&Rome) gods/goddesses
Greece
Greece part2
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Who were the Etruscans?
Ancient people who lived in Italy from 650 BC to 500 BC
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Who was Julius Caesar?
Roman political and military leader assassinated by Roman senators
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Who were Zeus and Jupiter?
The King of Gods
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What is a Aristocrat?
A member of a rich and powerful family
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Who was Homer?
Greek poet credited with composing the epics Iliad and Odessey
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Who was Constantine and what did he encourage?
Emperor of Rome from 312 AD to 337 , encouraged Christianity
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What was a Republic?
Type of government which citizens who have a right to vote, select their leader
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Who were Hera and Juno?
Goddess of Marriage
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What is a Democracy?
Form of govenment which citizens govern themselves
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What was Athens?
A city state in the Southern part of ancient Greece
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What were the Aqueducts?
Structure that carries water over a long distance
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Who was Mercenaries?
A soldier who serves for pay in a forgeign army
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Who were Poseidon and Neptune?
God of the Sea
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What is an agora?
public market and meeting place
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What was the Battle of Marathon?
Battle between Persia and Athens
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What period was the Pax Romana?
The period of stability and prosperity in the Roman Empire
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Who was Virgil?
Roman poet and author of the Aeneid, an epic that glorifies Roman ideals of Augustos
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Who were Athena and Minerva?
Goddess of Wisdom
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Who was Tyrant?
Ruler in ancient Greece who took power by force, with support of the middle working class
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Who was Alexander the Great?
The king of Macedonia from 336 to 323 BC conqueror of Persia and Egypt
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What was the Plebeian?
Ordinary citizen in the ancient Roman Republic
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What was the Tiber River?
Major river in Italy that rises in the mountains of central Italy
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Who were Ares and Mars?
God of War
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Who was Pericles?
Athenian leader developed democracy and Athenian empire
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What was the Trojan War?
A ten year war between Greece and the city of Troy