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29 Cards in this Set
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pro fighter that fought to death in the colliseum
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gladiators
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narrative poems celebrating herioic gods
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epics
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goddess of wisdom
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athena
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one of the strongest critics of sophists
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socrates
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a storyteller that was bllind
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Homer
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100 ft. statue on rhodes
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collosus of rhodes
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Leader who emerged to bring orde to rome murdered by his best friend
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Julius Caeser
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a fearsome formation that was the most powerful for fighting force in the world
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phalanx
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how many islands make up the greek isles
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1400
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greek city defeated by sparta
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athens
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student of Socrates that wrothe THE REPUBLIC
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Plato
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who were the founders of rome?
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romulus and remus
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avenged Carthage's earlier defeat(elephants)
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Hannibal
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roman govenor that had jesus crusified
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pontius pilot
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father of geometry
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Euclid
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The aristocratic land owners who held most of the power
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Patricians
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son of Phillip the second took power of macedonia when he was 20
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alexander the great
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philosopher that questioned nature beleifs human thought abd knowledge
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aristotle
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The most common farmers aritisians and mercants
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Phlebians
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what are the 5 themes of greek tradegy
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love hate war betryaal and hubris
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form of gov't in which power rests w/ citizens who have the right to vote to selet their leaders
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Republic
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hellenistic scientis that discovered PI
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archimedes
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calculated the size of the earth w/in 100 miles
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erestosthenes
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what motivated alexander to be such a feirce fighter?
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he was related to achilles and read stories about him and wanted to be like him
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greek god of the underworld
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hades
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5,000 heavily armes foot soldiers
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leigon
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who killed caeser
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brutis and casious
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what were the 2 most powerful city-states ingreece
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athens and sparta
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greek god of the sea
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poseidon
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