5/26/15

Today in West Civ class we took our test on Rome. I thought that the the test was pretty easy except for 2-3 questions. When everyone was done taking there test Mr.Schick graded the tests and told us our grade in class. I got a 100% and am really happy with it.

5/22/15

Today in class we went over the powerpoint and reviewed for tuesdays test. We also went over our exams and we have to write 3 essays on thursday since Mr.Schick is going to Chicago after exams and wont be able to get the essays done in time. Notes on Powerpoint

• after the victory, Julius wants to go to Rome and have a celebration to take power 
• senate says stop at the Rubicon and only take your elite soldiers to Rome
• Ceasar chooses to go into Rome with all his soldiers  
• he made his decision when crossing the Rubicon 
• the senate gets him into the Senate Chamber and stabs him to death  

5/21/15

Today in class we finished up presentations on Rome. I think that every group that went did a great job. Most, if not all the projects were unique and very creative. The test that was for tomorrow got moved to Tuesday so we have some extra time to review and study.

5/20/15

Today in class another three groups presented their projects. Jayla made a pot, Arthur ans Alex did there project on Roman architecture, and Trish and Caitlyn made Roman diaries. All three groups did a great job and it looked like it took all of them a long time. Tomorrow will be the last day of presentations.

5/19/15

Today in West Civ class we started presenting our Rome projects. Me and two other groups presented today. I thought that I did pretty well. Another group that went made pasta, salad, and cheesecake. The final group did a remix of an Iggy song and it was pretty good. We will continue presenting tomorrow in class.

5/15/15

Today in class Mr.Schick played us some of BB Kings songs since he passed away. Then he gave us the rest of class to work on our projects since they are due next class.

5/14/15

Today in class we took more notes on the power point. Here are the notes I took:

Poor Plebs

• The poet Juvenal said the people "anxiously how for two things: bread and circuses"
• Bread (free grain from the state) and entertainment (Circus Maximus, Colosseum), partly to keep them alive, and partly to keep them quiet.

Change in rule

• Tiberius Gracchus recognized the advantages of courting the plebeians
• Military generals worked that angle - lead an army that conquers a land, then give them a share in the spoils.
• Soldiers loyalty was to their military leader, not necessarily to Rome or the Republic

Caesar

• Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE)
• A highly successful general
• He conquered the huge territory of Gaul
• Made common folks happy
• Made friends in high places
• - Pompey
• - Crassus

• These three men formed the First Triumvirate

5/13/15

Today Mr.Schick gave us a pop quiz on Rome. I thought that the quiz was relatively hard and i didnt do as well as i wanted to do. After the quiz, Mr.Schick gave us the rest of the class to work on homework or our Rome projects.

5/12/15

Today in class we finished watching the video on Rome. I personally think that he was a little power hunger, but he wanted the power to protect the people, not to rule over them. I do not think it was right for the senate to immediately go out and beat him to death.

5/8/15

Today in class Mr.Schick wasn't their so we got the whole class to work on our projects on Rome.

5/7/15

Today in class, we watched a video on Rome. It followed what we learned in the powerpoint

5/6/15

Roman Legion

• 5000 soldiers

• The Roman army's elite heavy infantry
• Recruited exclusively from Roman citizens

• Group of eighty's a century
• On horseback is the cavalry
• Shield, sword, dagger, and armor and tunic

Punic War

• 264-146 BCE
• Rome vs. Carthage
• Three wars

First Punic War

• 264-241 BCE
• Naval battle for control of Sicily
• Rome wins this one

Second Punic War

• 218-201 BCE
• 29 year old Carthaginian general Hannibal almost does the impossible: taking Rome
• Attacks Rome from NORTH after crossing Iberia (Spain) and the Alps
• Lays siege to much of the peninsula for 15 years, but he never can get to Rome

Third Punic War

• 149-146 BCE
• Rome wanted to finally remove the threat of Carthage
• Scipio, Tiberius Gracchus, and others mercilessly attacked the city
• Carthage was burned for 17 days; the city's walls and buildings were utterly destroyed
• When the war ended, the last 50,000 people in the city were sold into slavery
• The rest of Carthage's territories were annexed, and made into the Roman province of Africa

Economic change

• Slaves poured into Italy
• By the end of the second century BCE there were over a million slaves in Italy
• Small farmers lost their land to aristocrats if they couldn't pay their debts, sometimes because the men of the farm were fighting battles
• Slaves did the work for the rich on the farms for the rich

5/5/15

 Today in class we talked more about Rome. Here are the notes i took:

Rule of kings is replaced by rule of two consuls

• Consuls are elected officials
• Term of office: one year
• Always aristocrats (patricians)
• Patricians traced their descent from a famous ancestor, or pater ("father")
• Duties: dealing justice, making law, commanding the army
• One consul could veto the other

Fifth century BCE

• patrician dominance of the government was challenged be the plebs
• Plebs were 98% of the population
• Plebs were victims of discriminatory decisions in judicial trials
• Rome had no actual laws, just written customs
• Patricians could interpret these to their own advantage

Plebs refused to serve in military

• Laws were written out
• These laws were posted in public (in 450 BCE)
• Tribunes were elected

SPQR - Senatus Populusque Romanum

• Designates any decree or decision made by "the Roman Senate and People

New Republic

• Democracy (the people's assembly and the tribunes)
• Aristocracy ( the Senate - approx. 300 members)
• Monarchy (the consuls)

Gov't.: Ancient Rome / USA

• Originally, the US modeled their new government on the model used by the Ancient Romans
• Not exactly the same
• Both have three branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial)
• Both have a legal code

Executive(Rome)                                        

• Two consuls                             
• One year terms
• Each has veto power
• Controls the military
• Could appoint a dictator in a crisis for 6 months

Legislative

• Senate - 300 people - aristocrats
• Assemblies - 193 members

Judicial

• Praetors
• Chosen by the Centuriate Assembly
• One-year terms

Legal Code

• Twelve Tables

Executive(USA)

• President (and VP)
• Four year terms
• Can veto proposed laws
• Commander-in-Chief

Legislative

• Senate - 100 senators (two from each state)
• House of Representatives -  435 members

Judicial

• Supreme court
• Nine members
• Appointed by the President
• Lifetime terms

Legal Code

• Bill of Rights

5/1/15

Today in class Mr.Schick gave us the class to do what ever we wanted to do. We could work on our Rome project, do homework, or just do what we wanted. I took the class to finish all of my homework so I didn't have and for the weekend.