4/30/2014

Today during class we didn't do anything. Mr. Schick said we could have a break instead of having class.

4/29/2014

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.

4/28/2014

Today I missed class because I have a virus called Herpangina, and I might also have strep throat. I will hopefully be in school tomorrow because the virus is suppose to last a week and I have had it for about a week now.

4/25/2014

Today during class we finished the projects, and then Mr. Schick gave us a lecture about..

• Proletarian - in ancient Rome, a property less but voting citizen.
• The Grachi brothers
• people that had a terrible life, without land, had to fight in the army now because they wanted to make money.
• "semi-professional" soldiers who fought largely in the hope of bettering themselves through pay, loot, promotion, and above all grants of land or money to provide them with a living when they were discharge.
• people used to fight wars to defend Rome, then they started to do it to make money.
• Many army commanders turned into what amounted to independent warlords.
• Julius Caesar
• came from an old patrician family that had come down on the world.
• entered the city's politics as a young man determined to regain the fame and power of his ancestors.
• He stuck up for the poor and middle class people even though he was in the upper class.
• He was a brilliant thinker and brilliant politician.
• in 60 B.C. he began to collaborate with Gnaeus Pompeis.
• He and  Gnaeus Pompeis formed a triumvirate ("three man board"), together with another former henchman of Sulla, Marcus Crassus, that was for a time the dominant political force in Rome.  
• Had A LOT of power.
• he fought with his guys.

4/23/2014

Today during class we did our presentations again. I presented mine with Phil and Cam. I think we did pretty well.

4/22/2014

Today during class we did our presentations. I am presenting tomorrow with Phil and Cam. We made a scale model of the ancient roman coliseum.

4/11/2014

Today we had a test. I think I did okay. I missed a couple classes because of Lacrosse games so I was not familiar with some of the questions.

4/9/2014

Since I missed class yesterday, Cam sent me his notes.

Additional Notes

• Since there was so many middle class citizens in ancient Rome a new house was made called the assembly the representatives for the common people were called tribunes
• Three parts of the Roman Republic was: Democracy, Monarchy, and Aristocracy
• The main square in Rome was called the Forum
• res publica stands for the republic in Ancient Rome
• Consuls(two of them) represents Monarchy. Like President in the U.S.A government
• Assembly represents Democracy. Like House of Representatives in U.S.A government
• Senate represents the Aristocracy. Like the Senate in U.S.A government
• The dictator who was elected for a time of crisis could only serve for 6 months max

 

Punic Wars: only on the first war not the other two

• Carthage vs. Rome
• Carthage is on the north coast of Africa
• Carthage  had control of almost all of Africa's north coast and  some of Europe like Spain
• 3 wars were fought total
• First war was a battle over the island of Sicily, Rome won
• Hannibal(Carthage army general) used elephants to fight in wars 

 

My Notes from todays class

• Roman Legion- Rome's army
• A legion is made of 5000 men. A century- 80 men.
• Infantry was foot soldiers.
• Cavalry was people on horse back.
• Carthage is located in Northern Africa

Punic Wars

• Rome VS Carthage.
• First Punic war was specifically fought over Sicily. won by the Romans
•  Second Punic war was because Hannibal wanted to get revenge after his dad died in the first roman war. Rome won.
• Third Punic war. Rome wanted to get rid of Carthage before they could get more troops again. Rome destroyed Carthage.

4/8/2014

Today I missed class because I had to leave early for a lacrosse game.

4/7/2014

1. How did geography effect the development of Rome?

Rome was in a very good location, on a river in the center of Italy. They could control all of Italy. Romans thought very highly of them selves because Italy was in the middle of the Mediterranean sea, and Rome was in the middle of Italy.

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

The king of Rome was a Etruscan. He grew Rome very large and wealthy. The Romans hated the Etruscan Rule, so they over threw their king and became a republic. The Etruscans came up with the grid system, streets were in rows. They also came up with gladiator fighting as entertainment.

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

The two main groups that competed for power were the nobles/patricians and the common people/ the plebeians. First, the nobles dominated the government, but over time the common people won more rights.

4.What is the significance of the twelve tables in Roman law?

The twelve tables was a set of rules that was the basis for the Roman law. It said that all free citizens were protected by law. It was posted in a public place for all to see.

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

 They were able to rebuild because they were in a great location, and after rebuilding their city, they went to the Gual's city and destroyed their city. Gaul was an area north of Italy. The Gaul's were the French of today.

page 95-97 notes

The Punic wars were waged on land and sea in three vicious rounds between 264 and 146 B.C.

The first phase Rome was able to force Carthage out of Sicily.
The second phase Carthage ended up being disarmed and helpless.
The third, Carthage was captured.
In 202 B.C. Rome had won control of the western Mediterranean.

4/5/2014

The Rise of Rome

• The romans not only imitated Greek civilization but also improved on it, at least so far as government and warfare were concerned.
• They arrived in a Mediterranean land with farming resources that were basically similar to those of Greece or Palestine, but able to support a larger population.
• The Indo-Europeans  settlers formed various tribal groups, among them the Latin people of central Italy. Some of the Latins settled near the mouth of the Tiber River, building a cluster of dwellings on low-lying hills along the river.
• The Etruscans were non-European immigrants who arrived in Italy from somewhere to the east about the ninth century B.C. 
• The Greek city states had begun to plant colonies in southern Italy as early as the eighth century B.C.
• Latins learned the alphabet and gained knowledge of the life of Greek city states rom the Greeks.
• The king was advised by a council of elders called the senate, meaning "old man". These men were appointed by the King, usually among the patricians or "men with fathers"
• Around 500 B.C., Rome over threw its Etruscan rulers, and the monarchy was also abolished. The government of the Roman city-state became officially the "peoples business", or Republic.
• The Greek government was a system of government that was neither a Greek style democracy nor an oligarchy, but a mixture of both.
• Plebeians - the common people.
• The "peoples business" was practically run by the senate, an assembly of about three hundred heads of patrician families. Two among the senators functioned as consuls.
• The one year terms of the consuls, and the fact that there were two of them, were a guarantee against a revival of monarchy.
• In times of an emergency the consuls, on the advice of the senate could appoint a dictator, with full power to give orders and make laws for a maximum period of six months.
• After Tarcon the Proud, the romans never wanted someone to get too powerful ever again.
• Tribunes - magistrates elected by the plebeians, who eventually gained power to initiate and veto laws.

4/2/2014

• Three main groups that settled in Italy: First was The Latins, then came Etruscans and Greeks.
• Rome was on the middle of the peninsula in the middle of the Mediterranean sea, on the Tiber River.
• Tarquin the Proud was the last king that ever lead Roman. He was expelled by the citizens. They ran him out of town, and then never had a king again.
• "res publica" is Latin for the peoples business. This is where the word republican comes from.
• Republic: part democracy, part monarchy, part aristocracy.
• Instead of one leader, they had two consuls.
• Senate and house of representatives. USA copied how the Romans government was.
• house of representatives represents the little guy. The senate is much more powerful.
• democracy= house of representatives. monarchy = presidents, aristocracy = senate
• plebeians- middle class.
• patricians - very powerful, lots of money.
• slaves - little power, little say.

My group for the project is Cameron, Phil and I.

4/1/2014

Today I missed class because of an early dismissal for my lacrosse game. We play Gerstell Academy, it is a conference game. Mr. Schick also missed class, so we had a sub. I don't think that I missed much.