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| 133650753 | Augustus Caesar | The first empreror of Rome, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, help Rome come into Pax Romana, or the Age of Roman Peace | |
| 133650754 | Plato | ancient Athenian philosopher | |
| 133650755 | city-state | a form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilizations; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by urbanbased king | |
| 133650756 | Themistocles | Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC) | |
| 133650757 | Aristotle | Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato, the tutor of Alexander the Great, and the author of works on logic, metaphysics, ethics, natural sciences, politics, and poetics, he profoundly influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system, which led him to criticize what he saw as Plato's metaphysical excesses, theory follows empirical observation and logic, based on the syllogism, is the essential method of rational inquiry. | |
| 133650758 | Vergil | Roman poet; First Century B.C.; wrote "Aeneid" which celebrated the founding of Rome. |
