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• Perseus Digital Library
  ...and memories of early America. Contains perhaps the largest collection of ancient Greek texts that is to be found anywhere.
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• Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
  ...s of ancient [[Greece]] and [[Rome]]. The dictionary covers key aspects of ancient Greek and Roman life and [[literature]], such as [[science]], social struct
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• Ancient
  [[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:Ancient-egypt-map.jpg|right|frame]] '''Ancient''' [[history]] is the [[study]] of the [[written]] [[past]] from the beginn
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• Auctoritas
  ...use in English was restricted to discussions of the political [[history of Rome]], the beginning of [[phenomenology|phenomenological]] philosophy in the tw In [[Ancient Rome]], ''Auctoritas'' referred to the general level of prestige a person had in
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• Amphitheater
  ...rising tiers of seats ranged about an open [[space]] and used in ancient [[Rome]] especially for contests and [[spectacle]]s ...wn as [[natural]] amphitheatres. Special [[events]] and games were held in ancient [[Roman]] amphitheatres, such as the gladiator [[games]].
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• Dictionary of World Mythology
  ...''A Dictionary of World Mythology'' presents the powerful gods of Greece, Rome, and Scandinavia, the more mystical deities of Buddhist and Hindu India, an
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• Magistrate
  A '''magistrate''' is a [[judicial]] officer; in ancient [[Rome]], the [[word]] magistratus denoted one of the highest government officers ...nd [[executive]] [[power]], together constituting one [[jurisdiction]]. In Rome itself, the highest magistrates were members of the so-called [https://en.w
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• Augur
  The derivation of the word ''augur'' is uncertain; [[ancient]] authors believed that it contained the words ''avi'' and ''gero''—Latin ...an official diviner of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome ancient Rome]
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• Latin
  ...red with mostly [[analytic]] languages such as English, which has lost the ancient noun-case system inherited from [[Proto-Indo-European]] except in pronouns,
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• Orgy
  *1 : [[secret]] ceremonial [[rites]] held in [[honor]] of an ancient [[Greek]] or [[Roman]] [[deity]] and usually characterized by [[ecstatic]] In ancient [[Greek]] [[religion]], an orgy (όργιον) was a [[secret]] nighttime [
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• Temple
  ...a often capitalized : either of two [[successive]] national sanctuaries in ancient [[Jerusalem]] ...set of [[meanings]] [[associated]] with the [[religion]] of the ancient [[Rome]], has now become quite widely used to describe a house of [[worship]] for
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• Suburb
  ...to live on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Hills_of_Rome hills of Rome], while [[poorer]] citizens lived at lower elevations – hence "below the
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• Classics
  ...uring the time known as [[classical antiquity]], roughly spanning from the Ancient Greek [[Bronze Age]] in 1000 [[BCE]] to the [[Dark Ages]] circa [[Common Er ...eastern Mediterranean—the ancient [[Persian Empire]] and the [[kingdoms of ancient India]]—are termed [[Orientalists]].
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• Letter
  ...ist from the [[time]] of ancient India, ancient Egypt and Sumer, through [[Rome]], [[Greek|Greece]] and China, up to the present day. Letters make up sever
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• Candidate
  ...idus white; from the white toga worn by candidates for office in ancient [[Rome]]
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• Auspice
  In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_ancient_Rome ancient Roman religion], the auspices provided divine [[signs]] to be [[interpreted ...one which is connected with the founding of [[Rome]]. Once the founders of Rome, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus Romulus] and [https://en.wikipedia.
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• Incubation
  ...n [[techniques]], but they sometimes incorporate elements reflecting these ancient [[beliefs]].
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• Accountability
  ...that first developed in Ancient Israel, Babylon, Egypt, Greece, and later, Rome. # Walzer, Michael (1994). "The Legal Codes of Ancient Israel". In Ian Shapiro. the Rule of Law. NY: New York University Press. pp
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• Occident
  ...[[civilizations]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Near_East ancient Near East]; later, they grew to the north and west to include Western Europ ...i/Islamic_Golden_Age Islamic Golden Age]. The Arab importation of both the Ancient and new technology from the Middle East and the [[Orient]] to Renaissance E
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• Doll
  ...iki/Ancient_Greece Greece] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome Rome]. The use of dolls as toys was documented in Greece around 100 AD. They hav
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• Amanuensis
  ...[[word]] originated in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome ancient Rome], for a [[slave]] at his master's [[personal]] [[service]] 'within hand rea
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• Tribute
  Various ancient states, which could be called suzerains, exacted tribute from areas they ha ...e] and [[Rome]] exacted tribute from their provinces and subject kingdoms. Ancient [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China China] received tribute from various s
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• Grotesque
  ...style of Ancient [[Roman]] decorative art rediscovered and then copied in Rome in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]. The "cave
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• The Arts
  The great traditions in art have a foundation in the art of one of six ancient civilizations: * [[Mesopotamia]], [[Egypt]], [[India]], [[China]], [[Greece]], and [[Rome]]
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• Halo
  ...of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Ancient Greece], Ancient Rome, Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity, among other religions, sacred persons
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• Dominate
  ...''Dominate''' was the 'despotic' latter [[phase]] of [[government]] in the ancient [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire] from the conclusi ...ent more [[influenced]] by the veneration of the Eastern [[potentates]] of ancient [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt Egypt] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/w
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• Art
  The great traditions in art have a foundation in the art of one of six ancient civilizations: * [[Mesopotamia]], [[Egypt]], [[India]], [[China]], [[Greece]], and [[Rome]]
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• Nominate
  Candidate comes from the [[Latin]] word "candida" (white). In Ancient [[Rome]], people running for [[political]] office would often wear togas chalked a
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• Patriarchy
  ...andria, Antioch and [[Jerusalem]], or of the ancient and Western Sees of [[Rome]] with authority over other bishops. It also refers to the head of any of v
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• Anniversary
  ...mater alma mater] ([[college]] or other [[school]]). Even in [[ancient]] [[Rome]], we know of the [''dies''] ''Aquilae natalis'' ("birthday of the eagle",
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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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