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• Topography
  ...'topography''' originated in ancient [[Greece]] and continued in ancient [[Rome]], as the detailed description of a place. The [[word]] comes from the Gree
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• Pagan
  ...y in major [[urban]] areas (like Antioch, Alexandria, Carthage, Corinth, [[Rome]]) than in the countryside (in [[fact]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki ...stic]] religion (as in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome ancient Rome])
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• Colonialism
  ...ce Ancient Greece] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome Ancient Rome], this fact has been addressed by empires adopting the concept of universal
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• Phoenix
  In ancient Greece and Rome, the bird, φοῖνιξ, was sometimes associated with the similar-soundin
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• Censor
  *2: one of two [[magistrates]] of early [[Rome]] acting as census takers, assessors, and inspectors of [[morals]] and [[co ...r''' was an officer in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome ancient Rome] who was responsible for [[maintaining]] the [[census]], supervising [[publ
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• Assassination
  ...An example of this is Jing Ke's failed assassination of Qin Shi Huang. The ancient Indian military adviser Chanakya wrote about assassinations in detail in hi
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• Forum
  *1a : the [[marketplace]] or [[public]] place of an ancient [[Roman]] [[city]] forming the [[center]] of [[judicial]] and [[public]] [[ ...e]] itself, several smaller or more specialised forums appeared throughout Rome’s archaic [[history]]. By the time of the late Republic expansions and re
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• Orthodox
  ...e [[Greek]]-speaking world, though the word does occasionally show up in [[ancient]] [[literature]] in other, somewhat similar [[contexts]]. Orthodoxy is oppo ...as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_religion state religion] of [[Rome]] on February 27, 380 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_I Theodo
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• Arena
  ...t arenas such as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum Colosseum in Rome]. It is composed of a large open space [[surrounded]] on most or all sides
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• Coronation
  ...of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaterasu Amaterasu], the sun goddess. [[Rome]] promulgated the [[practice]] of emperor [[worship]]; in [https://en.wikip
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• Crossing the Rubicon
  ...Caesar]'s invasion of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome Ancient Rome] when, on January 10, 49 BC, he led his army across the [https://en.wikiped An ancient Chinese saying referring to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiang_Yu Xiang Y
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• Spectacle
  ==Ancient cultural origins== ...lve underlying social and economic problems.[https://www.periclespress.com/Rome.html]
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• 133:9 In Mesopotamia
  ...] in the eyes of a [[diligent]] [[pupil]]. " And so they set forth for the ancient [[city]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur]. [[Category:Paper 133 - The Return From Rome]]
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• Byzantine
  ...ebatable, since the [[empire]] of this time preserved the main features of ancient urban [[society]] and remained a Mediterranean state par excellence. The is This period is characterized by the crisis of ancient city life, aggravated by serious territorial losses and cultural decline. S
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• Public speaking
  ...rg/wiki/Ancient_Greece ancient Greek] city-states. In classical Greece and Rome, the main component was [[rhetoric]] (that is, [[composition]] and delivery The art of public speaking was first developed by the ancient Greeks. Greek oration is known from the works of [https://en.wikipedia.org/
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• Infamy
  ...in its [[origin]], in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Ancient Rome], infamia was the mark of disapproval of the [[censors]] on [[moral]] groun
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• Grotto
  ...sanctuary of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestrina Praeneste] south of Rome, the oldest portion of the [[primitive]] [[sanctuary]] was situated on the ...sey Odyssey]''. The [[numinous]] [[quality]] of the grotto is still more [[ancient]], of course: in a grotto near [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knossos Knoss
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• Factions
  ...y private companies in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome ancient Rome], each recognizable by characteristic colour, and arousing supporter hyster
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• Pilgrims
  ...pilgrimages are common in many [[religions]], including the [[faiths]] in ancient Egypt, Persia in the Mithraic period, India, China, and Japan. The [[Greek] # Hanges, James Constantine (July 2000). "Pilgrims and Pilgrimage in Ancient Greece by Matthew Dillon". The Journal of Religion 80 (3): 543–545. doi:1
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• Pretext
  ...d [[inevitable]] [[danger]] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Rome]. In the Senate, Cato famously ended every [[speech]] with by proclaiming h
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