roman greeks Flashcards
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how did mountains impact ancient greece?
created natural defense barriers, and fresh water running down the mountain sides.
lowlands?
growing crops of wheat barley olives and grapes. shrubs provided food for sheep.
coastline?
created good fishermen sailors and gave them food and waterfowl to eat.
define the following: totalitarian
a government that does not tolerate parties of different opinions
how many citizens slaves and foreigners lived in athens during the time of pericles?
40 thousand citizens
150 thousand slaves
10 thousand foreigners
who were these people? helen
wife of menelaus, ran away with paris king of troy
menelaus?
king of sparta. married helen
what 3 things did mycenaens do?
learned to sail as far as egypt
developed the cult of olympic gods
developed basics of greek culture
what was the archaic age of greece marked with?
marked with great cultural economical growth aswell as political development
who was father of modern geometry?
euclid
a small group of people considered wiser than majority?
elites
753 bce
founding of rome
509 bce
forming of roman republic
290 bce
rome conqured all of italy,
200-148 bce
rome conquered much of the mediterranean
78- 27 bce
civil war broke out augustus became emperor
476 AD
rome fell weak enough to be captured by a german chieftain
power held by citizens entitled to vote?
republic
a privileged upper class?
artistocracy
pietas
the duty of each citizen to serve the republic
gravitas
roman citizens expected to take life seriously
mores mairum
the customs of ancestors, honoring dieties, etc
retiarius
carried a net and trident
dimachaerus
carried short sword on each hand
beastius
fought wild animals
laquarius
used a noose or lasso
dealt with claims of roman citizens
civil law
law of nations
dealt with the claims of foreigners
