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Served 1 year term to limit abuse of power, their main duties were to adminster gov't and lead armies
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Consul
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At the battle of ______ Hannibal impressively defeated a roman army of 40000
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Cannae
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Originally_____held a monopoly on magisterial positions and descended from original senators of ROman republic
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Patricians
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Powerful senators accumulated huge estates of land, these____
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Latifundia
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Brothers who attempted to help landless poor by redistribution of public lands
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Gracchus Brothers
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Talented military leader of Carthage who nearly conquered Rome after crossing the Alps into Italy
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Hannibal
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Powerful city which had developed into a major trade power in western mediterranean
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Carthage
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Had no official power however the ____held considerable political influence because of their wealth and prestige.
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Senate
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The roman general____recruited his army from the landless poor and they swore an oath of allegiance to general not senate
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Sulla
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In the____Rome took advantage of a breach of treaty by Carthage and finally destroyed their longtime rival.
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3rd punic war
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A member of the 1st Triumvirate_
ignored the senates command to give up his army and eventually declared dictator for life, end republic |
Julius Caesar
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Made up military officers the ____ elected magistrates and passed laws.
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Centuriate Assembly
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Varying widely in wealth and occupation____made up the majority of the Roman population, who could vote but could not get office.
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Plebians
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Although primary job was to execute justice______ could also had imperium in some cases
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Praetor
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The roman historian___recorded stories of the virtuous heroes of Rome who made republic great.
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Livy
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Set up to govern Italy the ______
integrated loyal allies into society to share in the success of Rome. |
Roman Confederation
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Through class struggle common Romans gained representation in the ____ which eventually gained right to pass laws.
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council of plebs
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Part of Rome's war with carthage, the___was a struggle for control of Sicily most of fighting was in naval battles.
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1st punic war
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The new ruling class which resulted from struggle of orders of intermarriage between most wealthy and powerful of patrician and plebian classes.
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nobiles
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Member of the 1st triumvirate whose death ended the balance of power thus leading to civil war.
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Crassus
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After death of ALexander the Greek controlled territory was divided among four of his generals, these governments were known as______
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Hellenistic Kingdoms
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The _____was established by Phillip II in order to govern the Greek states.
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Corinthian League
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___Believed that happiness was achieved by living in the harmony of the will of God.
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Stoicism
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Decisive battle in which Macedonia conquered Athens and its Greek allies
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Battle of Chaeronea
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They were looked upon by Greeks as barbarians, however the___developed strong military and conquered Greece.
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Macedonians
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Literally meaning to imitate greeks this term refers to other people accepting greek culture
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Hellenism
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Was established in Egypt by the Macedonians became a cultural center, particularly known for its library which contained over 400000 documents.
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Alexandria
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Macedonian king, who organized an efficient army and conquered Greece.
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King Phillip II
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Alexander confronted the Persian army on a narrow field, which offset the Persian army's advantage in numbers allowing Greek and Macedonian army to win.
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Battle of Issus
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___was the persian king whose empire was captured by alexander the great and was killed by his own men.
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Darius III
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___held that happiness was found through the pursuit of pleasure
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epicureanism
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Alexander's army crossed over___to confront the persian army, and won in stunning fashion with only 34 casualties compared to thousands for the persians
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Granicus River
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One of the most significant leaders in Athenian Democracy____ opened up politicla positions of alll classes.
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Pericles
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Believed form was only present in matter itself and that in order to find universal principles you must analyze the physical objects themselves.
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Aristotle
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The persian king whose pride and sincere belief in his own divinity was repeatedly revealed in his campaign against the Greeks, who he hoped to punish for defeating his father.
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Xerxes
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His writing played a major role in creating common religious culture and human ideals of bravery honor and duty.
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homer
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Athenian aristocrat responsible for instituting a new gov't in athens reestablishing aristocratic rule being out of the question, he settled on an unprecedented system democracy.
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Cleisthenes
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Believed the physical world was only a shadow of ultimate reality which he believed to be a non material and timeless ideas or forms
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plato
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athenian who was given extensive powers by the aristocrats to reform the economic systesm, one of his most significant contributions was freeing the slaves who had ben sold into slavery because they failed to pay back loans
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solon
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Athenian tyrant who was believed to have the support of the goddess athena, gained approval of merchants by trade and lower class through public works projects
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pisastratus
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at___Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatras armies eliminating any competition for control over rome.
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Actium
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Extending from Augustus through the five good emperors the ___was a time of peace stability and order throught out roman world
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Pax Romana
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BY the 1st century___had become prolific through out rome and taught the atonement could be achieved by being united to a deity who had been raised from the dead.
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mystery cults
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The roman poet___used the traditional didactic form to mock traditional roman values of love.
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Ovid
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The___was composed of 9000 roman soldiers and its main function was to protect the Emperor, however it often played a major role in deposing and installing new emperors.
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Praetorian guard
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a pharisee and hellenistic jew the ___was escpecially suited to bring the gospel to the gentiles
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paul
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the roman historian______believed historians should record merit and confront evil.
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Tacitus
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His power was undermined when Octavian claimed he was a traitor and allianced with cleopatra of Egypt.
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Anthony
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the title___meaning revered one had typically been reserved for deities.
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Augustus
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the _____ended arbitrary execution and gained the cooperation of the senatorial class, however they continured to grow the power of the position of emperor
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five good emperors
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Jewish____resented roman rules and used violence in hopes of establishing a jewsih kingdom
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Zealots
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The senate often deified roman emperors after their death by voting them into the ___which gave a strong foundation for the extensive powers Emperors held
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imperial cult
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IN the ___order and stability were restored by the reforms of diocletian and constantine which held the empire together for another 100yrs
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late empire
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the____in 66 ad resulted in the eventual destruction of the temple
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jewish revolt
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the___were relatives of octavian or his wife julia and included emperors such as nero who used their extensive authority to eliminate political enemies.
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julio claudian dynasty
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widely recognized as the greatest ancient historian___gave a rational and logical analysis of the events of the pelopenissian was using eyewitness accounts
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Thucydides
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Philosopher who taught by using leading questions and said that unexamined life is not worth living
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Socrates
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persian king who saught revenge on the athenians at the battle of marathon for the part they played in the ionian revolution.
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Darius
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____were an ancient warlike people which the illiad is based on
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mycenaeans
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motivated by new ideas about the nature of universe encourages by athensians greek colonies rebelled against persia
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Ionnian revolution
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religious shrines thought to be able to predict the future
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oracles
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group of philosophers who were skeptical of man's ability to understand nature and truth therefore encouraged greeks to use rhetoric to pursue their own interests
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sophists
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___is the process of exiling an over ambitious politician in athenian democracy
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ostracism
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the greek god's were___ in that they were immortal powerful and yet had human flaws
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anthropomorphic
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the___was used by athens to expand their power and create a trade empire
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delian league
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in___the main character has a fatal flaw which leads to suffering and commonly explores the relationship between humanitis free will and the power of fate
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tragedy
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_____ultimately left greece vulnerable to attack from external powers
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Peloponnesian War
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