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"everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a
perspective, not the truth."
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The Persian Wars
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Alexander the Great
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King Phillip's Legacy
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The Macedonian Army
The Persian Empire
Tribes of Macedonia and Other Greek States
Battle of the Granicus
Securing Asia Minor
The Gordian Knot
Battle of Issus
Siege of Tyre
Siege of Gaza
Alexandria and the Oracle of Ammon
Battle of Gaugamela
Babylon, Susa and Persepolis
The Philotas Conspiracy
330-327 BC Campaigns
Cleitus' Murder
The Pages Conspiracy
Battle of Hydaspis
Mutiny of Hyphasis
The Malli
The Gedrosian Desert
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Rome
The Fall of the Republic
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Expansionism
The Gracchi Brothers
Gaius Marius
Sulla
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Pompey & Crassus
Julius Caesar
Octavian to Augustus
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Cicero
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Trial of Sextus Roscius
Quaestorship
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Lex Manilia and Lex Gabinia
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Consul
An "Utter Fool"
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Death of Julius Caesar
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Augustus
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Octavian's Inheritance
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The Second Triumvirate
Battles of Philippi
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Sextus Pompey
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Mark Antony & Cleopatra
Lepidus Loses Legions
Military Glories of Octavian & Antony
Battle of Actium
Reputation by 27 BC
Manipulation of Image
Political Skill vs Military Skill
The First Settlement
Elections & Saepta Julia
The Second Settlement
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Creation of a Stable Family Unit
Building Programme
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Augustus' Self-Glorification?
The Empire
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Hannibal Barca
Roman Britain
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Triptolemus
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ROLE: God of Love
God of Desire
SYMBOL: Bow and Arrows, Wings
PARENTS: Ares and Aphrodite