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|Portion of a town or city that is built on a hilltop for easy defense. Best known Acropolis is in Athens, where the democratic assembly met. Most Greek city-states had an Acropolis.

|Portion of a town or city that is built on a hilltop for easy defense. Best known Acropolis is in Athens, where the democratic assembly met. Most Greek city-states had an Acropolis.

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|[[the Academy]]  

|the [[Academy]]  

|Founded by Plato, this was the first great center of learning

|Founded by Plato, this was the first great center of learning

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|[[Carthage]]

|[[Carthage]]

|A city off the coast of Africa whose rivalry with Rome led to the three Punic Wars at the end of which Carthage was destroyed and decreed never to be rebuilt.

|An ancient city on the coast of northern Africa (across the Mediterranean Sea from Italy) which fought against Rome in the three Punic Wars, which left Carthage destroyed, never to be rebuilt again.

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|[[Caste]]

|[[Caste]]

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|[[First Punic War]]

|[[First Punic War]]

|254-241 BC; Rome conquered the island of Sicily and developed a navy; though no match for the powerful Carthaginian navy, Romans invented a corvus, allowing them to board enemy ships and win the war

|between Rome and Carthage in 254-241 BC: Rome conquered the island of Sicily and developed a navy; though Rome was no match for the powerful Carthaginian navy, Romans invented a corvus, allowing them to board enemy ships and win the war

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|[[Four Noble Truths]]  

|[[Four Noble Truths]]  

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|[[Punic Wars]]  

|[[Punic Wars]]  

|Enabled the Roman republic to gain control of the Mediterranean Sea and access to many goods

|Won by the Roman Republic, enabling it to gain control of the Mediterranean Sea and access many goods

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|[[pyramids]]  

|[[pyramids]]  

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|[[Roman republic]]  

|[[Roman republic]]  

|The first republic, located in Rome, and the basis of many principles of the government of the United States  

|510-23 B.C.: The first republic in history, it was located in Rome and inspired some of the principles of the government of the United States.  The Roman republic ended when Augustus Caesar took full power and established the Roman empire, two decades before the birth of Jesus.

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|[[Rome]]  

|[[Rome]]  

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|[[Second Punic War]]

|[[Second Punic War]]

|218-202 BC; Rome fought against Hannibal, leader of Carthage, who crossed over the Alps with his army and elephants to surprise the Romans but ultimately could not conquer Rome; Rome acquired Spain as a result of this war

|between Rome and Carthage in 218-202 BC; Hannibal, leader of Carthage, crossed over the Alps with his army and elephants to surprise the Romans but ultimately could not conquer Rome; Rome acquired Spain as a result of this war

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|[[Senate]]  

|[[Senate]]  

|The dominant force of the Roman Republic's government.  

|Representing the wealthy families in Rome, it was the dominant force of the Roman Republic's government; it had some similarities to the U.S. Senate today

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|[[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]]  

|[[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]]  

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|[[Third Punic War]]

|[[Third Punic War]]

|Romans destroyed Carthage in 146 BC and then went into Macedonia and Greece to defeat the regions in revenge for having helped Hannibal; as a result, Rome controlled all the land around the Mediterranean, equivalent to the entire western civilized world

|Romans conquered and destroyed Carthage in 146 BC and then went into Macedonia and Greece to defeat the regions in revenge for having helped Hannibal; as a result, Rome controlled all the land around the Mediterranean, equivalent to the entire western civilized world

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|[[Thucydides]]  

|[[Thucydides]]