Politics Flashcards
1
Q
What ancient Greek colony called their system of exile “petalism” because people wrote the names of their exiles on olive leaves
A
Syracruse
2
Q
petalism
A
exile system which was written on olive leaves
3
Q
from whom did the archons originally take over many duties
A
the kings/ basiles
4
Q
Sosigenes
A
Alexandrian who helped Julius Ceaser reform the Roman Calendar
5
Q
Satrap
A
name given to the generals who took over various parts of Alexander the Great’s empire after his death, means successors
6
Q
tyrant
A
a ruler who came to power by illegal means
7
Q
what was the function of ephors in sparta
A
counterweights to the king
8
Q
whose coins depict him with the rams horns of the Greek-Egyptian deity Zeus-Ammon
A
Alexander the Great
