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Extent of the Roman Empire in 117 ce
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ancient state [27 bce-476 ce]
Libya
Libya
Athens: Acropolis
ancient Greek civilization
historical region, Eurasia
Roman Forum
ancient Rome
ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia
Cyrenaica
historical region, North Africa

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Eratosthenes' method of measuring Earth's circumference
Eratosthenes
Greek scientist
Callimachus
Greek poet and scholar
Agesilaus II; Pharnabazus
Agesilaus II
king of Sparta
Aristippus
Greek philosopher

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Marble bust of Alexander the Great, in the British Museum, London, England. Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. Height: 37 cm.
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Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)
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