Make up notes

I was not in class yesterday but I now have notes courtesy of Brad

The Roman Empire.

• Octavian- Caesar Augustus. He was Julius Caesar's grandnephew.
•  begins the Pax Romana- a period of peace and prosperity.
• built roads, aqueducts (brought water to the cities)
• Set up civil service to take care of roads, the grain supply, even a postal service.
• Augustus dies at age 76 in A.D. 14, and passes power to Tiberius.
• Jesus
• was a roman citizen and a practicing Jew
• at 30, he began his ministry (A.D. 31-33), preaching to the poor (and there were lots of them) in the empire, and reaching out to outsiders.
• statements like "My kingdom is not of this world" made the Romans (and the Jews) nervous, and they began to plan his execution.
• The governor of the Roman providence of Judea, Pontius Pilate (promoted by Jewish high priests), sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion.

Not in Class

So today at the beginning of class I had to leave for my lacrosse game so I do not have much to blog about. It was pouring down rain, and the field was pretty much a swamp by the time the game ended. It was quite the experience. I am really just trying to hold out these last couple weeks until school ends. Summer just keeps on feeling farther and farther away. Anyways, thats my blog.

Julius Caesar

Today in class we focused a lot on Julius Caesar. I had already knew a lot about Julius Caesar because I had to read the Shakespeare book for Honors English. It is pretty cool learning about it now in West Civ, because I get to learn about how he really was and it makes connections to the story of his power. I thought I would put in some of my notes.

• Caesar now has money, power, and an army
• While Caesar is conquering Gaul, Crassus is being defeated
• Pompey is jealous of all that Caesar has.
• If you become my enemy, I will kill you.
• Caesars men killed Pompey
• Caesar makes himself Supreme Ruler
• He became a tribune
• Caesar is setting himself with all the power he can for a long period of time
• Caesar does not listen to the Senate
• Invite Caser to the Senate, and they stab him to death

Roman Projects

So we are finally done with all of the projects on Rome. Some of them were very cool interesting while others were boring and dumb. Most of our projects were food, including mine. Most of the food was not the best, but it was still edible. I think it was a good representation though because back in ancient Rome, I bet they tasted similar because of their lack knowledge of cooking. Overall, I would say that it was a successful assignment.

Rome notes

1. 3 main groups in Rome
1. Latins
1. First to settle
2. Etruscans
3. Greeks
2. Geography
1. Located on the Tiber River
1. Found out how to drain the water from the marsh and used it to build
2. They felt they were located in the very center of world and that they were destine to rule
3. Targuin the Proud
1. He was the last ruler of Rome
4. Res publica
1. The people's business
2. Republic
1. Democracy
1. Assembly/house of representatives
2. Monarchy
1. 2 consuls
3. Aristocracy
1. senate
5.   Plebeians
1. Middle class me
1. Farmers, artisans, craftsmen, etc.
6. Patricians
1. Upper class
1. Rich
2. Powerful
7. Slaves
1. Bottom of the hierarchy
8. The senators were old rich men
1. To become a senate the king would choose from the leading patricians
9. Monarchy was abolished when they overthrew Targuin
10. The assembly is the house where the plebeians elect their leaders
1. People were elected as tributes
11. Pg 95, 96, 97

Punic wars

• Rome vs Carthage
• 3 wars
• 1st - Sicily
• 2nd- Hannibal
• Rome won each war
• Carthage is on the north coast of Africa
• Carthage controlled
• At their peak they conquered from Egypt to Spain. Most of the land surrounding Italy

1. Roman Legion
1. Legion - 5000
2. Century - 80 men
3. Infantry
4. Calvary

Worksheet Questions

1. How did geography affect the development of Rome?

The geography of Rome really helped it kick off as a successful civilization. It'c location was key. There we located in the center of the Mediterranean Sea which gave them lots of opportunities for traveling, trading, and advantages in battle. They also had mountainous areas which allowed for high vantage points, along with lots of mountain spring water.

2. How did the Etruscans influence the development of Rome?

Rome started out with an Etruscan monarchy where a king ruled over everyone and everything in Rome. With Rome's great success, they overthrew the king and Rome developed into a republic where people could have a say in their leaders. Along with that, they layed out the city of Rome and chose what it's design would be like. They set up lows and made Rome into almost a grid.

3. Which were the main groups that competed for power in the early Roman republic?

There were two main groups competing for the power of Rome, the nobles and the common people. The nobles were higher up in society, so they had dominated the power in the earliest of the Roman republic. As time went on, and Rome developed, the commoners began to get more power and more rights. Luckily, the rule in Rome was that everyone in Rome was protected by the government.

4.What is the significance of the Twelve Tables in Roman law?

The Twelve Tables set a part Rome from other civilizations. People were started to be treated equally and not just based on their money or power. In the past, if you had money or power, you could do anything. Now with the Twelve Tables, all free citizens are protected by the law. The Twelve Tables were even posted in a public place for all to see, and to remind. These were some of the first set code of laws.

5. How did Rome regain control of Italy after the sacking of the city by the Gauls?

After the battle with the Gauls, the Romans needed to regroup and begin to gather an empire. They invaded other nearby enemies and eventually gathered up enough people to counter the Gauls, and take back what was rightfully theirs.
 France = Gauls

Weekend Blog

Its the weekend once again after an extremely long week. I found out that this past week was the first full week of school since winter break, which is insane. It's just one more week until spring break, which is great. I really just need some time just to relax, refresh, and re-boot so I can take on the rest of the school year. It is pretty crazy how fast my freshman year has been. The first entire first semester felt shorter than the third quarter. I really hope this week goes fast, I need spring break.

Into Rome

Today in class we began to go over some of the key features of Rome. From what I know, I feel like Rome will be a similar story to Greece. Rome seems like it will be an interesting section. I am not quite certain what I will end up doing my project on but I might make another video. This time it will be a little different, but its not final. As of now i'm not working with anyone but I will most likely end up pairing with someone else.

New Project

Today was April Fools day. Nothing crazy happened but there were some good pranks. This morning I got up early to finish my homework and I received a message from my dad. He said that we had a 2 hour delay, so I went back to sleep. I was later woken up at regular time where I found out it was all a prank and I had not finished all of the work I needed to do. Today we talked about a new project in west civ that should be a lot of fun. It offers the creativity of last project, but also offers a lot of variety on what you want to do. As long it has to do with Rome, of course. I think that this will be great because last project, not everyone was very familiar with making a video. I am really looking forward to this