| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 106BCE | Cicero born |
| 54BCE | De Republica written |
| 202BCE | battle of Zama-->Scipio Maior |
| 185BCE | Scipio Minor born |
| 129BCE | Scipio Minor dies |
| stoicism | cicero's and scipio maior's school of philosophy |
| prime mover | stoic creator god; along with human souls, the only thing that is not moved by something else, and therefore must be eternal |
| music of the spheres | theory that since planets are big and fast, they make music,and the music that humans like is in harmony with the notes produced by the planets |
| zones of the earth | the earth is made of only very small habitable bands; the area around the equator is too hot and the area around the poles too cold |
| great year | the time it takes for all the planets to re-align into the same configuration in the sky |
| Paulus | Scipio Minor's father |
| Scipio Maior | Scipio Minor's grandfather by adoption |
| don't seek glory | because your place is so small and your life is so small, _________ |
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