5161864392 | Aristole | A greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira | 0 | |
5161900289 | Stoics | Of or relating to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno who taught that people should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity | 1 | |
5161948550 | Socrates | A classical greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of western philosophy and known through the accounts of classical writers | 2 | |
5161959709 | Plato | Was a philospher in classical greece and the founder of the academy in athens | 3 | |
5161967914 | Illiad | Is an ancient greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter traditionally attributed to Homer | 4 | |
5161977996 | Odyssey | Ever since the homer's epic poem the odyssey told the story or warrior odysseus | 5 | |
5161986056 | Sophocles | Is one of the three ancient greek tragedians whose plays have survived his first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus | 6 | |
5161995715 | Alexander The Great | A ruler of Greece in the fourth century b.c as a general he conquered most of the ancient world , extending the civilization of Greece east to india | 7 | |
5162028743 | Aristocracy | A government or state ruled by an aristocracy elite, or privileged upper class | 8 | |
5162037293 | Monarchy | Supreme power or soueveighty held by a single person | 9 | |
5162043190 | Polis | An ancient greek city-state | 10 | |
5162048297 | Ostracism | temporary banishment of a citizen decided upon by vote | 11 | |
5162051838 | Jury | A group of persons sworn to render a verdict or true answer on a questions officially submitted to them | 12 | |
5162060888 | Tyrant | A cruel and oppressive ruler | 13 | |
5162075742 | Phalanx | A group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep with shields joined and long spears overlapping | 14 | |
5162083826 | Oligarchy | A form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class | 15 | |
5162092010 | Helots | A member of a class of serfs in ancient sparta, intermediate in status between slaves and citizens | 16 | |
5162102932 | Senate | The state council of the ancient Roman republic and empire, which shared legislative power with the popular assemblies | 17 | |
5162123331 | Zoroastrianism | pre-islamic religion of Iran that surveys there in isolated areas and more prosperously, in india | 18 | |
5162129909 | Cyrus the Great | The Founder of the Achaemenid empire | 19 | |
5162141630 | Peloponesian Wars | A ancient greek war fought by athens and its empire against the peloponnesian League led by sparta and it was divided into 3 phases | 20 | |
5162152279 | Olympic Games | The greatest of the games or festivals of ancient greece, held every 4 years in the plain of olympia in Elis | 21 | |
5162158351 | Pericles | A greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during the golden age specifically the time between the persian and peloponnesian wars | 22 | |
5162171087 | Philip Macedon | King of Macedon achieved a peace settlement in which all the states except sparta participated his son was Alexander The Great | 23 | |
5162179704 | Hellenistic Period | Is a period in history defined as the time between the death of Alexander the great and the rise of roman domination | 24 | |
5162185825 | Punic Wars | Was a series of wars fought between Rome and Carthage. At the time, they were probably the largest wars that had ever taken | 25 | |
5162196243 | Roman Republic | Was the period of ancient Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the roman kingdom | 26 | |
5162203447 | Hannibal | General who commanded the carthaginian army in the second Punic wars; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend carthage and was defeated | 27 | |
5162213714 | Julius Cesar | Gaius julius cesar known as julius cesar Was a roman politican , general, and notable author of latin prose | 28 | |
5162223820 | Augustus Caesar | Was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first emperor | 29 | |
5162228278 | Diocletian | Was the Roman emperor and born to a family of low status in the roman province of palmatia and diocletian rose through the ranks of the military to become cavalry commander to the emperor cars | 30 | |
5162240508 | Constantine | Was the great Roman emperor and his parents are Helena and Constantius Chiorus | 31 | |
5162246639 | Direct Democracy | Is a form of democracy in which people decide (e.g vote on , form consensus on) policy initiatives directly | 32 | |
5162254594 | Consul | One of the two annually elected chief magistrates who jointly ruled the republic | 33 |
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