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32 Cards in this Set
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doric columns
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-oldest
-fat to skinny (bottom to top) -fluted -no base -simple -capital is a plate |
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architrave
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what holds roof
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capital
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top of column
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frieze
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pictures above architrave
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ionic column
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-slender and graceful
-straight top to bottom -smooth -fluted -capital is volute |
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corinthian column
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-fancy and showy
-had leaves at capital |
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Alexander the Great
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-born in Pella
-spoke Greek -dad was Phillip (king of Macedonia) -mother was Olympia -Phillip conquered Greek city states- Battle of Chaeronea -taught by Aristotle -carried the Illiad all around with him -Alex horse was only horse he had in battle (30 years) |
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Battle of Granicus River
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-Alex first encounter with Persians
-Alex won |
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Battle of Issus
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-Darius brought his family
-Darius abandons his fam when he sees that he is losing -Alex takes mercy on fam. -Alex shares spoils with troops -After alex takes Egypt -proclaimed as pharaoh |
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Battle of Guagamela
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-Alex conquers Persians after rejecting an offer of Darius daughter in marriage
-set fire to Percepulus -Battle of Arbela |
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Alex death
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-dies of malaria
-"to the strongest" -Egypt went to Ptolemy -Persia went to Selences -Greek-Macedonian went to Antigious |
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Hellenistic
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a blending of cultures made by Alex the Great (Persian, Egypt, Greek)
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Archimedes
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-father of physics
-bath tub guy -density -Eurika -levers, pulleys, hydrollic screw |
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Hippocrates
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-father of medicine
-first to figure out that sickness had a cause that wasnt God |
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Erastophanes
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father of geography
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Battle of Hydaspes River
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-Alex vs. Indians
-elephants |
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Zono
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-stoicism
-do not rely on emotions to secure happiness |
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Epicurus
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-epicurianism
-happiness should be our goal |
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Punic Wars
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1st
-Rome wasn't doing good but learned ship building quickly -Rome won -Charthage indemnity- 3,200 talons; Sicily 2nd -Hannibal hired mercenaries -kick Rome's butt when they get there -Battle of Cannae; Hannibul virtually wiped out Roman army -Battle of Zama -Scipio defeated Hannibul -Cathage surrendered Spain 3rd -Cato said they needed to completely wipe out Cathage |
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Wars effect on Roman society
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1. great deal of wealth flowed into Rome
2. wealth goes to Patricians 3. Patricians used new wealth to buy out poor farmers 4. the poor farmers went into city for work 5. slavery rises 6. unable to find work, small farmers become wellfare recipients |
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Tiberius Gracchus
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-tribune
-proposed to limit the amount of land that any one person could own -senate had him killed after he ran again |
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Gaius Gracchus
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-brother of Tiberius
-some propositions as brother -regulate grain prices -public works program -citizenship to all Italians not just Latin speaking -murdered after running again |
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Spartacus revolt
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-Senate hired Cassus to deall with it
-fired him for Pompey -after they put them as co-counsuls |
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Pompey and Cassus
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-proposed to restore the power of tribune and reintroduce position of censore
-when term ended, Pompey was sent to middle east -Julius Ceasar is rising up |
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Julius Ceasar
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-Gaul; wins like no other
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1st Triumvirate
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-illegal
-Ceasar, Pompey, and Crassus -falls apart after Crassus is killed in battle -Pompey runs away when Ceasar comes back to Rome with army |
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Rubicon River
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boundary between Rome and Italy
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Battle of Pharsalus
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-Ceasar and Pompe fight
-Pompey flees to Egypt after defeat |
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Ceasar and Cloe
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-she hears he is tracking Pompey so she kills P for him and they have a kid
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Battle of Philippi
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Marc Anthony and Octavian vs. Cassius and Brutus
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2nd Triumvirate
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-Anthony, Octavian, Lepidus
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Battle of Actium
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M and Cl vs. O
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