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Rome and the Architecture of Empire {Ans: Greece and Rome: Rather than taking an interest in spectacular exterior settings, like the Parthenon's in Athens, the Roman created spacious interior and emphasizes borderline and usefulness in their buildings.}What did Plato believe about Democracy? {Ans: "believed that good government was unattainable 'unless either philosophers become kings in our cities or those whom we now call kings and rulers take to the pursuit of philosophy"}Corinthian Greek architecture {Ans: capital's burst of acanthus leaves; suggests imperial wealth and grandeur}Who is known for Metaphysic? {Ans: Aristotle}Firt Punic Wars (264-241 BC) {Ans: Largely a Naval War. Fought over Sicily.}Myth {Ans: traditional stories that we tell in symbolic terms that nature of the cosmos (the universe) in humans placed in it NOT just historical accounting of facts.}