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-created reforms for Athens
-outlaw debt slavery
-council chosen by lottery
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| "father of democracy" - began establishment of democracy in Athens |
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| epic celebration for Athens' patron goddess Athena |
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| Greek tragedy writer, like sophocles |
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| Roman value meaning faithfulness- to keep obligations no matter what |
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| Roman phrase meaning "power of the father" - gave men control over all their children's assets |
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| Leading politician during Athenian golden age for his support of radical democracy |
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| spirits of the household and spirits of the ancestors that Roman families traditionally honored |
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| laws passed by tribunes that protected plebeians from patricians |
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| elders who chose new consuls for the senate |
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| earliest roman laws set down in order to give people fair, unbiased trials |
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| Evil toad guy in that british TV special, encouraged killing of Tiberius Gracchus and caused Gaius Gracchus to commit suicide |
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| landowners from outside Rome that could convict corrupt senators |
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| "respect" given to Augustus even though he had no more "formal power" than any other leader |
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| Title Augustus gave to himself to further his political ends meaning "of the divine" |
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| Title given to Augustus meaning "civil head of the state" |
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| Title given to Augustus meaning "father of his country" |
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| Multistoried buildings in Rome, which most people lived in during Augustus' rule |
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| Epic written about Romans' ancestors which praised and talked about Augustus and his career- never finished |
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| a work that mocked Augustus' marriage and adultery laws, Ovid was punished for this, example of lack of freedom of speech in Augustan Rome |
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