Military

Question 1

after 487, the strategoi took over the military powers of the…

Answer 1

polemarchoi

Question 2

stasis

Answer 2

civil war

Question 3

archon basileoi

Answer 3

in charge of religious ceremonies

Question 4

archontes eponymoi

Answer 4

the chief magistrate of a citystate that gave his name to the year in which he held office, much like the Roman dating by consular years.

Question 5

thesmothetai

Answer 5

to receive charges in various legal actions and arrange for a trial by jury

Question 6

what building did the thesmothetai meet in

Answer 6

Eliaia

Question 7

eisangelia

Answer 7

the verdict for treason

Question 8

probolē

Answer 8

summons similar to eisangelia

Question 9

graphe paranomon

Answer 9

public indictment

Question 10

dokimasia

Answer 10

the process of ascertaining the capacity of the citizens for the exercise of public rights and duties.

Question 11

responsibility of the Trierarchs

Answer 11

to pay for provisions and upkeep of warships and their crews

Question 12

what were the thranitae, zeugiae, thalamitae

Answer 12

boat rowers

Question 13

what was the purpose of the Long Walls in Athens

Answer 13

to protect the population from spartan attacks

Question 14

hoplos

Answer 14

a shield

Question 15

Spartan boys were encouraged to do what

Answer 15

steal from local farms, see who could be beaten/ bear the most pain

Question 16

thranitai

Answer 16

in a Greek warship they were the rowers with the heaviest oars and as a result had a higher pay

Question 17

trierarchs

Answer 17

paid for the provision and upkeep of warships and their crews, usually the ships captain, athenian

Question 18

Peltasts fought with…

Answer 18

javalins

Question 19

the “tri” in trireme refers to the boat’s

Answer 19

rows of oars

Question 20

Sarissa was the Greek word for a soldier’s…

Answer 20

spear

Question 21

Athenian warships were usually manned by…

Answer 21

poor citizens

Question 22

Ephebic colleges were originally for teaching

Answer 22

military skills

Question 23

Ephebic colleges were later used to teach

Answer 23

literature

Question 24

Pelta

Answer 24

small shield