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Ancient Greece and Rome: An Encyclopedia for Students (4 Volume Set)

Ancient Greece and Rome: An Encyclopedia for Students (4 Volume Set)

Ancient Greece and Rome: An Encyclopedia for Students (4 Volume Set)

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Presents a history of ancient Greece and Rome as well as information about the literature and daily life of these early civilizations.

A TIME LINE OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME

A

AESCHYLUS 525-456 B.C. - Greek tragic dramatist

AGRICULTURE, ROMAN

ALCIBIADES ca. 450-404 B.C. - Athenian politician and Military Leader

ALEXANDER THE GREAT 356-323 B.C. - King of Macedonia and World Conqueror

ALPHABETS AND WRITING

AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS ca. A.D. 330-ca. 395 - Roman historian

ANTIGONE - Mythical Greek princess

ANTONIUS, MARCUS ca. 82-30 B.C. - Roman military officer and Politician

APULEIUS Born ca. A.D. 120 - Roman writer

ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT SITES

ARCHIMEDES ca. 287-212 B.C. - Greek mathematician

ARCHITECTURE, GREEK

ARCHITECTURE, ROMAN

ARISTOPHANES ca. 445-385 B.C. - Greek comic dramatist

ARISTOTLE 384-322 B.C. - Greek philosopher and scientist

ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY

AUGUSTINE, ST. A.D. 354-430 - Early Christian bishop

AUGUSTUS, CAESAR OCTAVIANUS 63 B.C.-A.D. 14 - First Roman emperor

AURELIUS, MARCUS A.D. 121-180 - Roman emperor

B

BOETHIUS ca. A.D. 480-524 - Roman philosopher and statesman

BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS

BRONZE AGE, GREEK

BRUTUS, MARCUS 85-42 B.C. - Roman political leader and assasin

C

CAESAR, CAIUS JULIUS 100-44 B.C. - Roman general, statesman, and dictator

CALIGULA A.D. 12-41 - Roman emperor

CALLIMACHUS ca. 305-240 B.C. - Greek poet and scholar

CATO THE ELDER 234-149 B.C. - Roman historian and orator

CATO THE YOUNGER 95-46 B.C. - Roman political leader

CATULLUS, GAIUS VALERIUS 84-54 B.C. - Roman poet

CENSOR AND CENSORSHIP, ROMAN

CHURCHES AND BASILICAS

CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS 106-43 B.C. - Roman orator and politician

CIVIL WARS, ROMAN

CLASS STRUCTURE, CREEK

CLASS STRUCTURE, ROMAN

CLASSICAL STUDIES

CLAUDIUS 10 B.C.-A.D. 54 - Emperor of Rome

CLEISTHENES Died ca. 500s B.C. - Athenian statesman

CLEOPATRA 69-30 B.C. - Queen of Egypt

CLIMATE, MEDITERRANEAN

CLOCKS AND TIMETELLING

COLONIES, GREEK

COLONIES, ROMAN

CONSTANTINE A.D. 272-337 - First Christian Roman emperor

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES

CRAFTS AND CRAFTSMANSHIP

CRASSUS, MARCUS LICINIUS 112-53 B.C. - Roman soldier and administrator

CROESUS Reigned ca. 560-546 B.C. - Last king of Lydia

CUPID AND PSYCHE

CYBELE - Mother-goddess

D

DAPHNE AND APOLLO

DEATH AND BURIAL

Plates - Daily Life

DEMOCRACY, GREEK

DEMOCRITUS 460-370 B.C. - Greek philosopher

DEMOSTHENES ca. 384-322 B.C. - Greek public speaker and statesman

DICTATORSHIP, ROMAN

DIOCLETIAN ca. A.D. 240-313 - Roman emperor

DOMITIAN A.D. 51-96 - Roman emperor

DRACO ca. 600s B.C. - Athenian lawgiver

DYES AND DYEING

E

EDUCATION AND RHETORIC, GREEK

EDUCATION AND RHETORIC, ROMAN

ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES

EPICTETUS ca. A.D. 50-120 - Stoic philosopher

EPICURUS 341-270 B.C. - Greek philosopher

ERATOSTHENES ca. 285-ca. 195 B.C. - Greek scholar

EUCLID ca. 300 B.C. - Greek mathematician

EURIPIDES ca. 480-406 B.C. - Greek playwright

F

FESTIVALS AND FEASTS, GREEK

FESTIVALS AND FEASTS, ROMAN

FISH AND SHELLFISH

G

GALEN ca. A.D. 129-200 - Greek physician and philosopher

GEMS AND JEWELRY

GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY, MEDITERRANEAN

GOLDEN AGE OF GREECE

GOVERNMENT, GREEK

GOVERNMENT, ROMAN

GRACCHUS, TIBERIUS AND GAIUS

GREECE, HISTORY OF

H

HADRIAN A.D. 76-138 - Roman emperor

HANNIBAL 247-182 B.C. - Carthaginian general

HERACLITUS ca. 500 B.C. - Greek philosopher

HEROD THE GREAT ca. 73-4 B.C. - King of Judaea

HERODOTUS ca. 484-ca. 420 B.C. - Greek historian

HESIOD ca. 700 B.C. - Greek epic poet

HIPPOCRATES ca. 460-ca. 380 B.C. - Greek physician

HOMER ca. 700s B.C. - Greek epic poet

HORACE 65-8 B.C. - Roman poet

HOUSEHOLD FURNISHING

I

ISOCRATES ca. 436-338 B.C. - Athenian orator and educator

J

JOSEPHUS ca. A.D. 37-100 - Historian

JULIAN THE APOSTATE A.D. 331-363 - Roman emperor

JUPITER - Roman god

JUSTINIAN ca. A.D. 482-565 - Eastern Roman emperor

JUVENAL ca. A.D. 60-130 - Roman poet

L

LAND: OWNERSHIP, REORGANIZATION, AND USE

LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS

LARES AND PENATES

Plates - Art and Architecture

LEONIDAS Died 480 B.C. - King of Sparta

LITERATURE, GREEK

LITERATURE, ROMAN

LIVY ca. 59 B.C.-ca. A.D. 17 - Roman historian

LONGINUS First century A.D. - Literary critic

LOVE, THE IDEA OF

LUCAN A.D. 39-65 - Roman poet

LUCIAN Born ca. A.D. 120 - Greek writer and lecturer

LUCRETIUS ca. 94-ca. 50 B.C. - Roman philosopher and poet

M

MARIUS, GAIUS ca. 157-86 B.C. - Roman general and politician

MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE

MARTIAL ca. A.D. 40 -ca. 104 - Roman poet

MATHEMATICS, GREEK

MEDICINE, GREEK

MEDICINE, ROMAN

MENANDER ca. 342-ca. 291 B.C. - Greek playwright

MIDAS - Legendary king

MIGRATIONS, EARLY GREEK

MIGRATIONS, LATE ROMAN

MILITARY ENGINEERING

MINOS - Legendary king

MITHRAS - Legendary king

MONARCHS, CREEK

MONEY AND MONEYLENDING

MUSIC AND INSTRUMENTS

N

NAVAL POWER, GREEK

NAVAL POWER, ROMAN

NERO A.D. 37-68 - Roman emperor

NOVEL, GREEK AND ROMAN

O

ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE

OVID 43 B.C.-A.D. 18 - Roman poet

P

PALACES, IMPREIAL ROMAN

PAUSANIAS Born ca. A.D. 100 - Greek writer and traveler

PELOPONNESIAN WAR

PEOPLES OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME

PERICLES ca. 495-429 B.C. - Athenian general and politician

PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA

PERSIUS A.D. 34-62 - Roman satirist

PETRONIUS Died A.D. 66 - Roman novelist

PHIDIAS ca. 490-ca. 430 B.C. - Greek sculptor

PHILIP II 382-336 B.C. - King of Macedonia

PHILOSOPHY, GREEK AND HELLENISTIC

PHILOSOPHY, ROMAN

PINDAR 518-438 B.C. - Greek poet

PLATO 428-348 B.C. - Greek philosopher

PLAUTUS 254-184 B.C. - Roman playwright

PLEBEIANS, ROMAN

PLINY THE ELDER ca. A.D. 23-79 - Roman administrator and writer

PLINY THE YOUNGER ca. A.D. 61-ca. 112 - Roman senator and writer

PLOTINUS A.D. 205-269/70 - Greek philosopher

PLUTARCH ca. A.D. 40 -ca. 120 - Greek writer and philosopher

POETRY, GREEK AND HELLENISTIC

POLYBIUS ca. 205-ca. 125 B.C. - Greek historian

POMPEY 106-48 B.C. - Roman general

PRAXITELES Flourished 375-330 B.C. - Greek sculptor

PRIESTHOOD, GREEK

PRIESTHOOD, ROMAN

PROPERTIUS ca. 50-ca. 16 B.C. - Roman poet

PROVINCES, ROMAN

PTOLEMY ca. A.D. 100-ca. 170 - Astronomer, mathematician, and geographer

PYTHAGORAS Born ca. 580 - Greek philosopher and mathematician

Q

QUINTILIAN ca. A.D. 40-ca. 96 - Roman educator and writer

R

RELIGION, GREEK

RELIGION, ROMAN

RITUAL AND SACRIFICE

Plates - People

ROME, HISTORY OF

ROMULUS AND REMUS

RULERS, WORSHIP OF

S

SALLUST 86-35 B.C. - Roman historian

SAPPHO Born late 600s B.C. - Greek lyric poet

SCIPIO AFRICANUS 236-183 B.C. - Roman general

SCULPTURE, GREEK

SCULPTURE, ROMAN

SELEUCID DYNASTY

SENECA THE YOUNGER 4 B.C.-A.D. 65 - Roman statesman, philosopher, and writer

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, LUCIUS ca. A.D. 145-211 - Roman emperor

SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING

SOCIAL CLUBS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

SOCIAL LIFE, GREEK

SOCIAL LIFE, ROMAN

SOCRATES 469-399 B.C. - Greek philosopher

SOLON ca. 630-ca. 560 B.C. - Greek statesman and poet

SOPHOCLES ca. 496-406 B.C. - Greek tragic dramatist

SPARTACUS Died 71 B.C. - Roman slave and rebel leader

STATIUS ca. A.D. 45-96 - Roman poet

STRABO ca. 64 B.C.- after A.D. 21 - Greek geographer

SUETONIUS ca. A.D. 69-after 122 - Roman biographer

SULLA, LUCIUS CORNELIUS ca. 138-78 B.C. - Roman general and dictator

T

TACITUS ca. A.D. 55-ca. 120 - Roman historian

TERENCE ca. 185 B.C.-ca. 159 B.C. - Roman playwright

TERTULLIAN ca. A.D. 160-ca. 240 - Latin Christian writer

THALES OF MILETUS ca. 625-ca. 547 B.C. - Greek philosopher

THEMISTOCLES ca. 524-459 B.C. - Athenian statesman and military leader

THEOCRITUS ca. 300-ca. 260 B.C. - Greek poet

THEODOSIUS ca. A.D. 346-395 - Roman emperor

THEOPHRASTUS ca. 371-287 B.C. - Greek philosopher

THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR

THUCYDIDES ca. 459-ca. 399 B.C. - Greek historian

TIBERIUS 42 B.C.-a.d. 37 - Roman emperor

TIBULLUS ca. 55-19 B.C. - Roman poet

TITUS A.D. 39-81 - Roman emperor

TRAJAN A.D. 53-117

TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVEL

TRIUMVIRATES, ROMAN

V

VEGETATION, MEDITERRANEAN

VERGIL 70-19 B.C. - Roman poet

VESPASIAN A.D. 9-79 - Roman emperor

VITRUVIUS POLLIO ca. first century B.C. - Roman engineer and architect

VOTIVE OFFERINGS

W

WARS AND WARFARE, GREEK

WARS AND WARFARE, ROMAN

WEAPONS AND ARMOR

WORKING CLASSES

X

XENOPHON ca. 428-354 B.C. - Greek writer

XERXES Died 465 B.C. - King of Persia

Y

Z

Plates - Culture

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