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- The Age of Pericles
- The years of the persian wars were golden. Under the statesmen Peicles the economy thrived and government became more democratic.
- Oligarchy
- government controlled by a small group
- Aphrodite
- The Greek goddess of love and beauty
- Polythesim
- belief in many gods
- Pacthenon
- Temple in Athens dedicated to Athena
- Pantheon
- Temple to Roman Gods
- Apollo 2
- King of Macedonia, Alexander's father
- Zeus
- Leader of gods, lives on Mt. Olympus
- Missionaries
- A person undertaking a mission esp. a religious person
- Tyrant
- Ruler who gained power by force
- Hera
- Marriage
- Artemus
- God of Childbirth
- Apollo
- God of Sun
- Draco
- An athenian tyrant who had a very harsh laws
- Athena
- The greek goddess of wisdom
- Artemis
- A Greek moon goddess often portrayed as a virgin huntress
- First Triumvirate
- First form of government
- Jesus
- A jewish religious teacher whose life, death, and resurrection as reported by the Evangelists are the basis of the Christian message of salvation
- Colosseum
- An amphitheater built in Rome in the first century A.D.
- Philip II
- King of Macedon proved himself military genius in his gradual conquest of all Greece
- Punic Wars
- from Poenus inhabitant of Carthage War
- Hannibal
- Carthaginian general crossed Alps on elephants from Spain into Italy in Second Punic War