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People & PlacesBy N.S. Gill, About.com Guide to Ancient / Classical History Famous people and important places in the ancient world, classics, and ancient mythology. People Famous people from ancient history, literature, and mythology. Here you'll find military/political leaders like Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Cleopatra, important cultural icons like Homer, Vergil, and Aristotle, and legendary or mythological figures who may have no actual basis in fact, including Zeus/Jupiter, Hercules, and Medusa.
Rulers Kings, emperors, and other monarchs who ruled ancient city-states or empires. Some of these rulers were members of ruling dynasties; others were appointed.
Places Maps that locate ancient places and show the ancient view of the world, focusing mainly on the countries surrounding the Mediterranean ("Middle of the Earth") Sea. Names of ancient places do not always correspond with their modern equivalents. Political borders are different. Greece It is to ancient Greece that we owe much of the culture we take for granted, including democracy, the Olympics, and the theater. Natural observation led to the Hippocratic medicine and the oath medical practitioners still honor, as well as the beginnings of other physical sciences and philosophy. Under Alexander the Great, the Greek world spread all the way to India and Greek was the lingua franca in the time of Jesus.
Rome Ancient Rome started as a small community in Italy founded, according to legend, in 753 B.C. By the time it fell, at a date that is often given as A.D. 476, Rome had spread its empire, legal system, roads, and language not only around the Mediterranean Sea, but into continental Europe, parts of Asia, and Britain. It would be hard to overstate the impact Rome had on the world.
Egypt During ancient history, Egypt was an enduring presence on the southern border of the Mediterranean Sea. These resources explore aspects of the culture of ancient Egypt until the time it became part of the Roman Empire. |
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