AP World History Flashcards

5227647131	Senate	assembly of Roman aristocrats advised on policy within the republic; one of the early elements of the Roman constitution	0
5227658843	Consuls	two chief executives or magistrates of the Roman republic; elected by an annual assemebly dominated by aristocracy	1
5227667840	Cicero	conservative Roman senator; Stoic philosopher; one of the great orators of his day; killed in reaction to assassination of Julius Caesar	2
5227685825	Aristotle	Greek philosopher; teacher of Alexander the Great; knowledge based on observation of phenomena in material world	3
5227695602	Stoics	Hellenistic group of philosophers; emphasized inner moral independence cultivated by strict discipline of the body and personal bravery	4
5227704820	Socrates	Athenian philosopher of later 5th century B.C.E.; tutor of Plato; urged rational reflection of moral decisions; condemned for corrupting minds of Athenian young	5
5230809319	Sophocles	Greek writer of tragedies; author of Oedipus Rex	6
5230816511	Iliad	Greek epic poem attributed to Homer but possibly the work of many authors; defined gods and human that shaped Greek mythos	7
5230835020	Odyssey	Greek epic poem attributed to Homer but possibly the work of many authors; defined gods and humans that shaped Greek mythos	8
5230842362	Doric	along with Ionian and Corinthian, distinct style of Hellenistic architecture; the less ornate of the three styles	9
5230868020	Ionic	along with Doric and Corinthian, distinct style of Hellenistic architecture; more ornate than Doric but less that Corinthian	10
5230887161	Corinthian	along with Doric and Ionian, distinct style of Hellenistic architecture; the most ornate of the three styles	11