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100
This was the term for the study of the study of persuasive speaking.
What is rhetoric?
100
He was the first full-time emperor of Rome who was murdered.
Who was Julius Caesar?
100
This is the term for a person who was granted a tract of land in return for service to a noble.
What is a vassal?
100
He was the Greek mathematician known for his study of geometry.
Who was Euclid?
100
These were Romans who were force to fight to the death for the entertainment of others.
What are gladiators?
200
These were the slave class of people that were controlled by the Spartans.
Who were the helots?
200
He was the famous Roman poet who wrote the Aeneid.
Who was Virgil?
200
He was the "father of modern Europe"
Who was Charlemagne?
200
He was credited with establishing widely-accepted rules for the conduct of monks.
Who was Benedict?
200
He was the most famous Greek playwright.
Who was Sophocles?
300
This is the term describing when all citizens have a say in governmental decisions.
What is direct democracy?
300
These were the leaders of Christian church's in major Roman cities.
What are bishops?
300
This document gave limited rights to ordinary English people.
What is the Magna Carta?
300
He was the son of Philip II of Macedon.
Who was Alexander the Great?
300
He was the most successful Carthaginian military leader.
Who was Hannibal?
400
This battle pitted the Athenian army again the Persian army in 490 B.C.
What is Marathon?
400
This was the main fighting force of the Roman army.
What is a legion?
400
He was the Duke of Normand before invading England.
Who was William the Conqueror?
400
He was the father of modern philosophy.
Who was Socrates?
400
He was the Greek sculptor who created "The Discus Thrower."
Who is Myron?
500
These warring people from Greece conquered the Minoans in about 1400 B.C.
Who were the Minoans?
500
These were elected official who oversaw the Roman legal system in times of peace and oversaw the Military in times of war.
Who were praetors?
500
He was the Frankish king who stopped the Moors from invading Europe.
Who was Charles Martel?
500
He was the Roman Emperor who was originally names Octavian.
Who was Augustus?
500
In the Roman Republic, these were powerful class of landowners who controlled the government.
What were the patricians?