Chapter 20 Social History Flashcards
Which city did the Greeks loot and destroy?
The City of Troy
Who escaped Troy?
Aeneas
Where did Aeneas lead his people?
To Italy after many struggles and hardships.
When did the Romans establish their rule over Greece?
197 BC
What is the negative view the Roman’s had of the Greeks?
They despised the present weakness of a nation which had driven huge forces of invading Persians from their native soil five centuries before.
What is the positive view the Roman’s had of the Greeks?
The Roman’s enormously admired their great art and literature.
What languages were the Romans expected to be fluent in? (Quintus had to learn these)
They had to learn Greek and Latin.
After Quintus’s education in Rome, what did Quintus study in Greece?
Quintus was taught Greek Philosophy in Greece.
What was Pythagoras’s profession?
Mathematics
Who was proficient in Mathematics?
Pythagoras
What was Euclid’s profession?
Geometry
Who was proficient in Geometry?
Euclid
What was Ptolemy’s profession?
Astronomy
Who was proficient in Astronomy?
Ptolemy
What was Archimedes’s profession?
Science
Who was proficient in Science?
Archimedes
What was Aristotle’s profession?
Natural History
Who was proficient in Natural History?
Aristotle
What was Demosthenes’s profession?
Mastery of the art of the speaking
Who was proficient in the mastery of the art of the speaking?
Demosthenes
What was Pheidias’s profession?
Architecture and Sculpture
What was Praxiteles’s profession?
Architecture and Sculpture
Who was proficient in architecture and sculpture?
Pheidias and Praxiteles
What was Plato’s profession?
Philosophical Tradition
