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Chapter 4

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Balance constitution of Rome; featured aristocratic senate
Roman Republic
ancient city state in north africa founded by the phoenicians and destroyed by the romans in the punic wars
Carthage
Carthaginian general who led troops into italy during the second punic war
hannibal
grandnephew of caesar who restored order to rome after a century of political chaos; he assumed the title Augustus and instituted a monarchical government in which the emperor was dictator, chief military general, and chief priest; first emperor of rome
augustus caesar
Greek word for city-state
polis
a government based word on the rule of the vote of the people
tyranny
a government based on the rule of the best of the society
direct democracy
roman law code developed in response to the democratization of the roman republic
twelve tables
Religions often imported from the middle east which featured secret rituals and fellowship and a greater sense of contact with the divine
"Mystery" religions
Greek Historian called the "father of history" who wrote an account of the persian wars in the histories
herodotus
Hellenistic mathematician who developed many basic geometric theorems which are still in use in geometry today
pythagoras
Hellenistic physician and writer who wrote many medical treatises that formed the basis of modern medical practice
Galen
hellenistic mathematician who produced what was long the worlds most widely used compendium of geometry
euclid
hellenistic astronomer who produced an elaborate theory of the suns motion around the earth
ptolemy
one of the great poets of the ancient greeks
sappho
one of the greatest of the roman poets during "golden age" of latin literature; patronized by agustus; author of the Aeneid
vergil
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