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Western civ 1
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03/06/2012

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Agora
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 where the athenian popular assembly, the Ecclesia met.
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Alexander the Great
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criticized by his contemporaries and historians alike for his allowing his subjects in Egypt and Persia to worship him as a god

 

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Analogy of the cave
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is used in plato's dialogue with Glaucon to explain various stages of intellect
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Andre Pirenne
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dated Romes fall at 1453 AD
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Archons
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six Thesmothetai who made laws.
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Arianism
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asserted that Jesus was not divine
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Aristocracy
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ruled by the wealthy
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Athenia citizenship
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horses( the hippies0, a yoke of oxen(the zeugitai), or 500 bushels of grain(the pentacosiomedimnoi)
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Athenian political parties
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the plain, rich landholding farmers
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Athens
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hid its democracy

citizens represented about 10% of the total population

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Boule'
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400 man legislature created by Solon
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Christians
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were rarely persecuted
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Cicero
Definition

 

"Virtue links man with god"

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Classicism
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a literary and artistic movement orginiating in the 5th century which stressed absolute standards of tasts and expression. it protrayed all things not as they are but rather as they should be.
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Cleisthenes
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Athenian tyrant/political reformer

council of 500

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Consuls
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were two in number and were the top offical in the early Republic
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Corpus Iurus Civilis
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emperor Justinian in 527 BC

 
 
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Curus honorum
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quaestor, aedile, praetor, consul 

 
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Cynics
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led by Diogenes

advocated a natural, self-suffcient life.

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Diocletian(284-305 AD)
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created by the tetrarchy
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Edict of Toleration
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issused by the Roman empire Galerius and confimed by constantine 2 years later
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Epicureans
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 politics which wise men should avoid
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Etruscans
Definition
emigrated from Lydia
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Evolution of Athenia democracy
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did not separate the executive, legislative and judicial functions
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Famous Spartans
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Leonidas and his 300 spartans who died at thermopolyae

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Geography of Rome
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is easily invaded by sea
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Gracchi(Tiberius and Caius)
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tried to break up the large plantations or latifundia
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Greek religion
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polytheistic

encouraged the public worship of heros

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Greek religious ideas
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little attention was paid to what came after death in the underworld
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Hannibal
Definition
ravaged italy for over 10 years. Unable to take the city of Rome itself
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Ides of March
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March 15 44 BC date of Julius Caesars assassination
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Illiad
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Homers famous story of the trojan war

central figure Achilles

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Julius Caesar
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took asia Minor

veni,vidi,vici 

( I came, I saw, I conquered)

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Law
Definition
was the most important Roman contribution to western civilization
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Linear B
Definition
was found to be a mainland Mycenean dialect
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Marcus Aurelius 161-180 AD
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Stoic Roman emperor who wrote Meditations
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Marius and Sulla
Definition

vied for power during second phase of Roman civil war.

Sulla rulled as the first military dictator in 81 BC

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Mithraism
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form of sun worship popular amoung Roman soliders

  • excluded women and permitted worship of other gods 
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Mt. Vesuvius
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destroyed the ancient cities of pompei
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Odyssey
Definition
The story ulysses voyege home
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Oedipus Rex
Definition
one of Sophocles(496-406 BC) famous tragedies
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Ostracism
Definition
special election any citizen recieving 6000 votes out of 30000 total votes would be exiled from Athens for 10 years
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Pelponnesian War(431-404 BC)
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Athenian imperialism
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Pericles
Definition
dictator of Athens for 15 years
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Persian wars
Definition
the persians were defeated by Miltiades at Marathon Themistocles at Salamis and Aritides and Pausanias at Plataea
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Phiddipides
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 Marathon
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Polis
Definition
the greek city state
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Polybius
Definition
argued that nations pass through predictable stages of growth and decay
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Praetorian Guard
Definition
the key to political power in the 50 yrs tha followed the Augustus reign
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Presocratics
Definition
Democratus(atomic theroy), Empedocles(air,eath, water,fire, Anaxagoras(all is nous or mind), Anaximander(motion is infinite and eternal), Xenophanes(god is infinite, unmoved mover)
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Primogenitur
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the right of the oldest legitimate son to inherit the fathers property.
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Protagoras
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sophist who taught that

 

"Man is the measure of all things"

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Pythagoras
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believed in reincarnation, an immortal soul and the mystical power of numbers to communicate with his followers
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Pythagoras
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Greek philosopher most famous for his theorem a2+b2=c2 which describe the relationship of the three sides of a triangle
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Roman recreation and entertainment
Definition
comic theater
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Rome
Definition
founded by Romulus in 753 BC on the site where he killed his twin brother
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Salamis
Definition
themistocles destroyed the Persian fleet
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Salvian
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a christian writer

saw the barbarians as morally superior to the Romains

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Schole'
Definition
place one learned the proper use of leisure
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Second Punic War 218-201 BC
Definition
ravaged Italy for over 10 years
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Second Triumvirate(44-31 BC)
Definition
suicide of Antony and Cleopatra and the succession of Octavian as sole ruler of Rome
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Senate(senex)
Definition
the most powerful body in the early Roman republic
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Simonides
Definition
defined justice as giving every man his due
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Socrates
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condemned to death for the corruption of youth
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Sophists
Definition

traveling teachers

argues that there were no universal truths

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Sparta
Definition

greek military state in the Peloponnesus

2 kings, 5 ephors

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Spartan government
Definition
an oligarchy or government by the few.
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Spartan society
Definition
slave or harlots
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Spartans
Definition

served in military until the age of 60 when they were eligible for government service

 

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Tetrarchy
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divided the empire into four parts
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Thalasocracy
Definition

means sea kingdom

symbolisim including,bull leaping,the great mother goddess,boxing,the labyr

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The City of God
Definition
St. Augustines most famous work which contrasted the secular city of Rome with the coming city of God on earth
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Tribunes
Definition
10 plebeian officials who posses a veto power
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Vergil
Definition
 wrote the Aenead
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