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5161864392AristoleA greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira0
5161900289StoicsOf 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 necessity1
5161948550SocratesA classical greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of western philosophy and known through the accounts of classical writers2
5161959709PlatoWas a philospher in classical greece and the founder of the academy in athens3
5161967914IlliadIs an ancient greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter traditionally attributed to Homer4
5161977996OdysseyEver since the homer's epic poem the odyssey told the story or warrior odysseus5
5161986056SophoclesIs one of the three ancient greek tragedians whose plays have survived his first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus6
5161995715Alexander The GreatA 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 india7
5162028743AristocracyA government or state ruled by an aristocracy elite, or privileged upper class8
5162037293MonarchySupreme power or soueveighty held by a single person9
5162043190PolisAn ancient greek city-state10
5162048297Ostracismtemporary banishment of a citizen decided upon by vote11
5162051838JuryA group of persons sworn to render a verdict or true answer on a questions officially submitted to them12
5162060888TyrantA cruel and oppressive ruler13
5162075742PhalanxA group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep with shields joined and long spears overlapping14
5162083826OligarchyA form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class15
5162092010HelotsA member of a class of serfs in ancient sparta, intermediate in status between slaves and citizens16
5162102932SenateThe state council of the ancient Roman republic and empire, which shared legislative power with the popular assemblies17
5162123331Zoroastrianismpre-islamic religion of Iran that surveys there in isolated areas and more prosperously, in india18
5162129909Cyrus the GreatThe Founder of the Achaemenid empire19
5162141630Peloponesian WarsA ancient greek war fought by athens and its empire against the peloponnesian League led by sparta and it was divided into 3 phases20
5162152279Olympic GamesThe greatest of the games or festivals of ancient greece, held every 4 years in the plain of olympia in Elis21
5162158351PericlesA greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during the golden age specifically the time between the persian and peloponnesian wars22
5162171087Philip MacedonKing of Macedon achieved a peace settlement in which all the states except sparta participated his son was Alexander The Great23
5162179704Hellenistic PeriodIs a period in history defined as the time between the death of Alexander the great and the rise of roman domination24
5162185825Punic WarsWas a series of wars fought between Rome and Carthage. At the time, they were probably the largest wars that had ever taken25
5162196243Roman RepublicWas the period of ancient Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the roman kingdom26
5162203447HannibalGeneral 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 defeated27
5162213714Julius CesarGaius julius cesar known as julius cesar Was a roman politican , general, and notable author of latin prose28
5162223820Augustus CaesarWas the founder of the Roman Empire and its first emperor29
5162228278DiocletianWas 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 cars30
5162240508ConstantineWas the great Roman emperor and his parents are Helena and Constantius Chiorus31
5162246639Direct DemocracyIs a form of democracy in which people decide (e.g vote on , form consensus on) policy initiatives directly32
5162254594ConsulOne of the two annually elected chief magistrates who jointly ruled the republic33

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