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Classical Greece & Ancient Rome
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Plebeians : common farmers, artisans, and merchants who make up the majority of the population
Hannibal : Brilliant military strategist who wanted to avenge Carthage's earlier defeat
Consuls : two powerful officials elected each year to command the army and direct the government
Triumvirate : group of three leaders sharing control of the government
Hellenistic : Greek culture blended with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences
Homer : Greatest storyteller was a blind man named
Democracy : rule by the people
Republic : form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders
Augustus : "exalted one"
Trojan War : fought by Mycenaean's against city of Troy in 1200s B.C.
Patricians : wealthy landowners who held most of the power
Monarchy : rule by a king
Alexander the Great : Philip's son who immediately proclaimed himself king if Macedonia
Julius Caesar : military leader who joined forces with Crassus and Pompey
Aristotle : Questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge
Philosophers : thinkers who use logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society, and morality
Pax Romana : "Roman Peace"
Aristocracy : rule by nobility
Punic Wars : series of three wars between Rome and Carthage
Persian Wars : series of wars in the fifth century B.C, in which Greek city-sates battled the Persian Empire
Classical Greece & Ancient Rome
Across:2. | wealthy landowners who held most of the power | 3. | group of three leaders sharing control of the government | 4. | fought by Mycenaean's against city of Troy in 1200s B.C. | 8. | Greatest storyteller was a blind man named | 10. | "exalted one" |
| 12. | Brilliant military strategist who wanted to avenge Carthage's earlier defeat | 14. | rule by nobility | 17. | Questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge | 18. | form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders | 19. | rule by the people |
| | Down:1. | "Roman Peace" | 2. | common farmers, artisans, and merchants who make up the majority of the population | 5. | Philip's son who immediately proclaimed himself king if Macedonia | 6. | series of wars in the fifth century B.C, in which Greek city-sates battled the Persian Empire | 7. | series of three wars between Rome and Carthage |
| 9. | thinkers who use logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society, and morality | 11. | military leader who joined forces with Crassus and Pompey | 13. | Greek culture blended with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences | 15. | two powerful officials elected each year to command the army and direct the government | 16. | rule by a king |
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Classical Greece & Ancient Rome
Across:2. | wealthy landowners who held most of the power | 3. | group of three leaders sharing control of the government | 4. | fought by Mycenaean's against city of Troy in 1200s B.C. | 8. | Greatest storyteller was a blind man named | 10. | "exalted one" |
| 12. | Brilliant military strategist who wanted to avenge Carthage's earlier defeat | 14. | rule by nobility | 17. | Questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge | 18. | form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders | 19. | rule by the people |
| | Down:1. | "Roman Peace" | 2. | common farmers, artisans, and merchants who make up the majority of the population | 5. | Philip's son who immediately proclaimed himself king if Macedonia | 6. | series of wars in the fifth century B.C, in which Greek city-sates battled the Persian Empire | 7. | series of three wars between Rome and Carthage |
| 9. | thinkers who use logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society, and morality | 11. | military leader who joined forces with Crassus and Pompey | 13. | Greek culture blended with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences | 15. | two powerful officials elected each year to command the army and direct the government | 16. | rule by a king |
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