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61 Cards in this Set
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Battle of Actium
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Octavian fought against Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII What... Octavian wins sea battle. Battle was caused when Mark Antony started to act independently and Octavian came to destroy this from happening. When.... 31 BC Where.... Ionian Sea near Actium, Greece Historical Significance Octavian wins battle which leads to him becoming Cesar Augustus and being a restored Republican leader. |
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Themistocles
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Athenian politician and general What Most prominent politician and took steps to increase the naval power of Athens When 483 BC Where Athens, Greece Historical Significance Built up naval army for Greece which led to Greek victories. It was the turning point in fighting the Persians which helped lead Greece to victory over Persia. |
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Battle of Issus
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Battle between Alexander the Great and Darius III What Second great battle for primacy in Asia When 333 BC Where Southern Anatolia in Issus, Turkey Historical Significance Alexander led the Macedonian army to victory which marked the beginning of the end of Persian power |
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Themistocles
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Athenian politician and general What Most prominent politician and took steps to increase the naval power of Athens When 483 BC Where Athens, Greece Historical Significance Built up naval army for Greece which led to Greek victories. It was the turning point in fighting the Persians which helped lead Greece to victory over Persia. |
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Battle of Issus
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Battle between Alexander the Great and Darius III What Second great battle for primacy in Asia When 333 BC Where Southern Anatolia in Issus, Turkey Historical Significance Alexander led the Macedonian army to victory which marked the beginning of the end of Persian power |
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Cleisthenes
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Noble Athenian What Reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on democratic footing When 508-507 BC Where Athens Historical Significance He is referred to as “the father of Athenian democracy” and through this work he made significant steps for the Athenian government |
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Cleisthenes
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Noble Athenian What Reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on democratic footing When 508-507 BC Where Athens Historical Significance He is referred to as “the father of Athenian democracy” and through this work he made significant steps for the Athenian government |
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The Nicene Creed
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First Council of Nicaea What A creed of faith When 325 Where Nicaea Historical Significance Purpose was to have a specific outline of correct beliefs for the church |
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The Nicene Creed
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First Council of Nicaea What A creed of faith When 325 Where Nicaea Historical Significance Purpose was to have a specific outline of correct beliefs for the church |
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Draco
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First legislator of ancient Athens, Greece What He replaced the prevailing system of oral law and blood feud by a written code to be enforced only by a code When 622 BC Where Athens, Greece Historical Significance Was the first person in ancient Athens to write down the laws so people could specifically read them and not just hear about the laws orally |
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Draco
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First legislator of ancient Athens, Greece What He replaced the prevailing system of oral law and blood feud by a written code to be enforced only by a code When 622 BC Where Athens, Greece Historical Significance Was the first person in ancient Athens to write down the laws so people could specifically read them and not just hear about the laws orally |
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Parthenon
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Greek goddess Athena What It was a temple in Greece that was dedicated to Athena When 447-438 BC Where Athens, Greece Historical Significance It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece and is considered to be the culmination of the development of the Doric Order |
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Parthenon
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Greek goddess Athena What It was a temple in Greece that was dedicated to Athena When 447-438 BC Where Athens, Greece Historical Significance It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece and is considered to be the culmination of the development of the Doric Order |
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Epaminondas
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Theban general What Campaigning that strengthened the great land of Greece by reshaping political map, alliances, and cities When 371-362 BC Where Thebes Historical Significance The Greek political order soon was destroyed after his death when Alexander the Great came and destroyed Thebes. Through all his hard work he was the man that paved the way for the Macedonian conquest. |
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Epaminondas
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Theban general What Campaigning that strengthened the great land of Greece by reshaping political map, alliances, and cities When 371-362 BC Where Thebes Historical Significance The Greek political order soon was destroyed after his death when Alexander the Great came and destroyed Thebes. Through all his hard work he was the man that paved the way for the Macedonian conquest. |
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Plato (Philosophies)
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Theory of forms
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Aristotle (Philosophies)
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Teacher of the Peripatetic
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Antisthenes (Philosophies)
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Founder of Sinicism
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Hedonism (Philosophies)
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Unrestrained pleasure
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Epicureanism (Philosophies)
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Calculated pleasure and pain
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Diogenes (Philosophies)
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Famous cynic and walked around with lantern
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Pythagoras (Philosophies)
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All things are made of numbers
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Zeno (Philosophies)
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Founder of stoicism
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Stoicism (Philosophies)
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“grin and bear” what life throws at you
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Origen (Philosophies)
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Christian Neo-Platonist
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Augustine (Philosophies)
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Early church father
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Athanasius (Philosophies)
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Defender of Catholic orthodoxy against the Arians
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Earth rotates on its axis
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Herocleides
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Calculated the size of Earth
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Eratosthenes
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Built Paros Lighthouse
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Sostratus
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Father of Geometry
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Euclid
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Theory of Atoms
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Democritus
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Discovered nerves
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Herophilus
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Tides caused by the moon
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Posidonius
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Heliocentric theory
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Aristarchus
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Specific gravity of matter
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Archimedes
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Father of Medicine
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Hippocrates
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The Peloponnesian Wars (Authors and Books)
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Thucydides
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The Republic (Authors and Books)
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Plato
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The City of God (Authors and Books)
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Saint Augustine
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The Anabasis (Authors and Books)
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Xenophon
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The Koran (Authors and Books)
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Mohamed
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Latin Vulgate (Authors and Books)
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Jerome
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Corpus Juris Civilis (Authors and Books)
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Justinian
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The Aeneid (Authors and Books)
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Vergil
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Wars of the Jews (Authors and Books)
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Josephus
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Oedipus Rex (Authors and Books)
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Sophocles
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The Iliad (Authors and Books)
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Homer
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The Histories (Authors and Books)
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Herodotus
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The Bacchae (Authors and Books)
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Euripides
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King of Hell
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Hades
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Parthenon was her temple
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Athena
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Know to Romans as Diana
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Artamus
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Goddess of the hearth and family
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Vesta
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Same as Roman god Mars
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Ares
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Know to the Romans as Venus
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Aphrodite
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Greek god of the sea
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Poseidon/Neptune
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King of gods for Greek
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Zeus
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Greek god of wine and orgies
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Dionysus
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Wife of Jupiter
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Juno
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Blacksmith of the gods
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Hephaestus
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