Bb5a31f81ClaimAristotle characterized democratic government appointments as functioning by lottery and oligarchic appointments as functioning by electionAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimIn ancient Athens following the democratic reforms of 403 BC, the governing bodies that set legislative agendas, handled daily administration, and adopted new laws were selected by lotteryAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe ancient Athenian General Assembly possessed the power to declare war and pass resolutions, but did not hold the constitutional authority to enact new lawsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe division of the world into continents began in Europe with the ancient Greek historian Herodotus approximately 2,500 years agoAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimHerodotus identified three continents: Europe, Asia (which primarily meant Persia), and Libya (which is now called Africa)AgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimAfter being refused, the woman in the parable burned three books and offered the remaining six for two sacks of goldAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe Roman writer Pliny the Elder wrote that hedgehogs impale grapes on their spikes to carry them to their youngAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimAncient Romans used chickens for divination, believing they could predict the futureAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimPliny the Elder described a mythical creature called the Jaculus dragon, which could fire itself from a tree like a javelinAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe story of the Sibylline books was recorded by the Roman grammarian Aulus Gellius in 177 ADAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe parable of the Sibylline books is based on real books that existed in Rome in 510 BCAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe Roman writer Pliny the Elder would light his path by dipping his walking stick in bioluminescent jellyfishAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimA Roman legionnaire was court-martialed for ignoring a negative omen from chickens and subsequently losing a naval battleAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe citizens of Rome ultimately paid 16 sacks of gold for the final remaining Sibylline bookAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimIn the parable, a woman offered to sell nine books of wisdom to Rome's last king for one sack of goldAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe ancient Greeks defined the cardinal signs of inflammation as redness, swelling, soreness, and loss of functionAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe pre-Socratic Greek thinker Democritus stated that all that exists is atoms and the voidAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimAncient Greeks would read a sheep's liver to determine if it was a good time to start a warAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimAfter losing the competition, Brunelleschi went to Rome and studied ancient Roman engineering, an art lost for nearly 1,000 yearsAgreeDisagree