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Sophists
teacher, skilled, wise, person with specific knowledge/craft
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Socrates
Greek philosopher
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Thrasymachus
character in Plato’s Republic; Greek sophist
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Triumvirate
two; three councils working together badly; Caesar dominated first, Octavian second.
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Oracle of Delphi
priestess in Delphi; told Socrates he had most wisdom of all in Athens.
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Scipionic Circle
Group of writers/thinkers: Terence, Polybius, Panaetius, Lucillus
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Hannah Arendt
German; The Human Condition
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Albert the Great
Aristotelian
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Marcus Aurelius
Roman Emperor, 161 to 180
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Ides of March
March 15; assassination of Julius Caesar
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Epictetus
Greek; Stoic philosopher
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Julius Caesar
assassinated in 44 BCE in Senate because of Cassius and Brutus; caused civil war: Marc Antony on behalf of Caesar vs. Octavian on behalf of conspirators.
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Thomas Aquinas
Dominican priest
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J.M.W. Turner
British painter
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Aurelius Augustinus
Christian theologian
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Nero
Roman emperor, 54-68
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Alaric
King of Visgoths, 395-410
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Josephus
Romano-Jewish historian
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Plato
Greek philosopher; student of Socrates
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Cleopatra
Last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
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Aristotle
Greek philosopher
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Battle of Actium
Octavian (Rome) vs. Cleopatra & Marc Antony (Egypt); Octavian won. Octavian later becomes Augustus I of Rome.
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Nocturnal Council
censure things to read, see, talk about
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Household
Aristotle’s politics; where we are born/where we begin; move outward to tribe, polis.
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Eric Voegelin
German; Order and History; Cosmological and anthropological
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Panaetius
Stoic philosopher
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Monica
St. Augustine’s mother
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Octavian
Founder of the Roman Empire
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Nag Hammadi Library
Gnostic texts, Plato’s Republic found in Egypt
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Constantine I
Roman Emperor, 306-337
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Goths
Germanic tribe who sacked Rome in 410
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Destruction of the Temple
Jerusalem; the wailing wall of today is a wall leftover from the temple.
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Dead Sea Scrolls
900+ texts found in caves in the West Bank; ancient Jewish sect
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Benedictines
older & more established, Monica wanted son to join.
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Dominicans
new compared to Benedictines, order that helped the poor
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Franciscans
Came after Dominicans & also help poor
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Paul of Tarsus
Christian missionary
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Augustus
Founder of Roman Emperor; 1st Emperor
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Battle of Trafalgar
Turning point for British navy against Napoleon
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Marcus Brutus
Roman politician; involved in assassination of Caesar
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Ring of Gyges
Invisibility ring
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Edict of Milan
Constantine & Licinius; agreement to treat Christians benevolently
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Stoics
Founded in Athens by Zeno
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Leo Strauss
German; Natural Right and History; Thoughts on Machiavelli, The City and Man
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman philosopher
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Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher; Jesuit priest
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Monte Cassino
Rocky hill near Rome; location of Benedictine Order
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Council of Nicaea
Christian bishops during Constantine’s time
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The Four Gospels
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
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Battle of Phillippi
the turning point in Ancient world; Marc Antony & Octavian defeated Brutus & Cassius.
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Polybius
author of the Constitution of Rome; consulted by our Founding Fathers.
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Mark Antony
Roman politician; supporter of Caesar
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Essenes
people profiled in the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1946; some scholars say they did not exist or that the Dead Sea Scrolls are not about them.
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Tiberius
Roman Emperor, 14-37
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Ambrose
Patron saint of Milan; one of four original doctors of the church
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Horatio Nelson
Hero of the Battle of Trafalgar off the coast of Spain; defeated Napoleon
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