a.k.a. city state, was the community structure of ancient Greece
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Athens
the capital of Greece. It was also at the heart of Ancient Greece, a powerful civilization and empire.
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Sparta
city-state located in the southeastern Peloponnese region of ancient Greece
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Alexander of Macedon
created a vast empire that stretched from Macedonia to Egypt and from Greece to part of India
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Pericles
a Greek politician and general during the Golden Age of Athens.
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Hellenism/Hellenistic Period
covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC
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Ptolemaic Empire
referred to as the Lagid dynasty, was a Macedonian Greek royal dynasty which ruled the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period.
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Patrician
the upper class, people such as wealthy land owners
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Plebeians
would be the lower class which would be normal people in Rome.
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Punic Wars
a series of wars between 264 and 146 BC fought between Rome and Carthage
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Consul
held the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic
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Gracchi Brothers
They wanted to help the poor and give the common people their rights
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Latifundia
any large ancient Roman agricultural estate that used a large number of peasant or slave labourers.
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Julius Caesar
a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war
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Augustus Caesar
also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor;
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Pax Romana
a roughly 200-year-long timespan of Roman history which is identified as a period and as a golden age
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Cyrus the Great
the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian empire
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Jesus of Nazareth
a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader; he is the central figure of Christianity
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Paul of Tarsus
a Christian apostle and missionary who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world.
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Emperor Constantine
made Christianity the main religion of Rome
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Byzantine Empire
was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
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Romulus
was the legendary founder and first king of Rome
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Twelve Tables
a set of laws inscribed on 12 bronze tablets created in ancient Rome in 451 and 450 BCE
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Achaemenid Empire
the First Persian Empire, was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC.
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Tribune
an official in ancient Rome chosen by the __plebeians__ to protect their interests.
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