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Ancient Rome and Greece

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Xerxes was a Persian emperor who was in charge of a large army during the Persian Wars.
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Although Athens and Sparta were rivals, they had a similar form of government.
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Alexander the Great achieved his important status in a short amount of time. He died when he was 33 years old.
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 The Olympics were held every four years in honor of Zeus.
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Aristotle’s teacher was Plato, and his student was Alexander the Great.
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In about 1450 BC, Crete was almost destroyed by a tidal wave that was caused by volcano on the island of Thira.
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Socrates thought that wisdom and the search for truth were the most important things of all.
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The last king of Rome was Tarquin (or Tarquin the Proud).
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Aeschylus, a playwright, invented drama. His first play had only two actors in it.
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The highest mountain in ancient Greece was Mount Olympus. It was said to be the home of the gods.
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Rome was ruled by a kingship until the 6th century BC, when it became a republic.
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Rome was founded on the banks of the Tiber River.
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The corvus is a device that was used to connect two ships together. It is credited with helping Rome win the Second Punic War.
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When a person was ostracized, he could not return to his city for 10 years.
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One of Solon’s laws stated that every citizen must teach children to read and write.
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As a Greek city-state, Sparta is considered to have been the “most militaristic” with a heavy focus on war.
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It is said that Athens was the birthplace of democracy.
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People in ancient Rome were classified as slaves, patricians, or plebeians (poor people who did not own land).
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Hannibal was a Carthaginian general who vowed to fight Rome for his entire life.
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In 86 BC, Athens was seized by Sulla, a Roman general.
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The Circus Maximus was the largest building in ancient Rome and was used for nearly 1,000 years.
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The aqueducts carried water into large cities.
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The Academy was a famous school founded by Plato and Aristotle.
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Pythagoras was a famous Greek mathematician who developed a formula for determining measurements of triangles.
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Hippocrates is known as the “Father of Medicine.”
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