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5th Century Greece and Rome

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The Greco-Persian Wars dominated the classical world during the fifth century. In addition, Rome was working out relations between plebeians and patricians and other legal issues, and fighting other groups of people who lived with them on the Italic peninsula.

Ancient Roman Picture Gallery

Ancient Greek Timeline
Ancient Roman Timeline

Images 1-12 of 14

  1. Aristides the JustAristides
  2. OstracaOstraca
  3. Aspasia of MiletusMarble bust of Aspasia of Miletus from the Musei Vaticani.
  4. PericlesA Roman copy of a Greek head of Pericles in the Altes Museum in Berlin.
  5. SocratesSocrates
  6. SophoclesSophocles
  7. Coriolanus"Venturia at the Feet of Coriolanus" by Gaspare Landi
  8. EuripidesStatuette of Euripides at the Louvre
  9. HerodotusHerodotus
  10. AlcibiadesAlcibiades - Idealized Portrait. Inscription is modern.
  11. Picture of Ancient ThinkersHerodotus, Aristophanes, Sophocles, Aeschylus, Plato, Euripides, and Socrates
  12. Persian Empire MapMap of the Persian Empire in 490 B.C.

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