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13 Cards in this Set
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Who were the Etruscans and Greeks?
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2 earliest people of Italy
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Punic wars (100 years)
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Wars between Rome and Carthage...Rome won all 3
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Carthage
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enemy to Rome...Phoenician colony...City in North Africa
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Julius Caesar
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general then made emperior
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Brutus and Cassius
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made a plot against Julius Caesar
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Octavius(Augustus)
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Became emperior during Golden Age (30 BC-10 AD)
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Octavius and Marc Antony
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They formed an aliance and fought Brutus and Cassius (they won)
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Caligula and Nero
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Immoral emperors
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Constantine
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1st christian empire. Made constantinople the 2nd capital.
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Books 1-4
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1-the landing in Carthage
2- the fall of Troy 3- the jouney to Carthage 4-Passion of the Queen |
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Aeneid
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written by Virgil in 25 BC but based on the Trojan War (1220 BC) and Punic Wars (146 BC)
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Dido
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Queen of Carthage
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Venus
Juno |
Aeneus/ Rome
Dido/ Carthage |
