4/30/14 west civ class

Today we were supposed to watch a video on Julius Caesar but Mr. Schick couldn't get the video to work. So he let us do whatever we want in class and go to the cafeteria. It was a nice "off mod".

4/29/14 west civ notes

Even More Notes on Rome: The Roman Empire

• After Caesar dies there is battle over who will be the next ruler
• The power eventually falls to Octavian, AKA Caesar Augustus
• Augustus was Caesar's grand nephew
•  During Augustus's rule the republic system fell and Rome was now just an empire
• Augustus's rule began Pax Romana- period of peace and prosperity
• He built roads and aqueducts that brought water to the cities
• Set up civil service to take care of roads, he grain supply, and even a postal service
• Augustus died in 14 A.D. and passed the power to Tiberius
• Jesus began his ministry at the age of 30 (31-33 A.D.)
• Jesus became popular after he died
• Statements like "this kingdom is not of this world" said by Jesus made the Romans nervous and they began to plan his execution
• Pontius Pilate sentenced Jesus to death by crucifixion 

4/28/14 west civ notes

More Notes on Rome: Julius Caesar

• Julius Caesar was born into a patrician family but he usually sided with the poor and supported them
• Caesar formed the first triumvirate which was like a three person government
• The three man government consisted of Caesar, Pompey- a very successful war general, and Crassus- The richest man in Rome at that time
• Rubicon was a river that marked the northern most border of the Roman Empire at the time
• Caesar left Rome and started a military campaign in Gaul, He became very powerful and built a very strong army
• While Caesar was expanding his army in Gaul, Crassus led his army to a crushing defeat by Parthia
• With his huge strong army he came back to Rome and showed off his success
• The senate told him that he could only come back into Rome if he brought only a little portion of his army, they feared he had too much power and fame
• Caesar had a decision to make, either charge in with his huge amount of troops or listen to them. He had to make a decision before crossing the Rubicon
• Caesar decided to just come in with his huge army and Pompey attempted to take down Caesars army with his army
• Caesars men chased Pompey to Egypt and killed him
• People liked Caesar in Rome but the they were also terrified of his army, he ended up being voted in the government as a tribune
• He also became a consul and got the people to vote him as dictator for ten years
• He took care of Rome and his people and gave the poor land only if they were loyal to him
• He made many smart political moves and improved a lot of Rome, but he was very power hungry
• He placed himself in every political branch and became almost a supreme ruler of Rome
• Everyone loved him in Rome except for the senate, they were very jealous
• On the Ides of March (March 15) 44 B.C. Caesar was invited into the senate and the senators all stabbed Caesar to death

4/25/14 west civ notes

   Today in class we finished the presentation of our projects and I am still confident that my group got at least an 85. I really like this project because a lot of people brought in really good food. After the presentations we took more notes on Rome

More Notes on Rome

• In Rome the rich and poor were separated by a huge water mass
• Proletarians- people who wCere citizens of Rome but had no property, they were second class citizens but they were still able to vote
• When men grew older and reached a certain age they were automatically in the army, they had no choice, they were completely fine with this
• Semi-Professional soldiers in the Roman Legion were in the army because they were citizens of Rome who needed a way to make money and better themselves by looting the towns they attacked
• The Gracchus Brothers were two guys who suggested that the rich should give the poor's land back. The rich responded by killing one of the brothers and throwing him in the Tiber river
• Julius Caesar was a patrician who sided with the poor citizens
• Caesar was a brilliant thinker and politician, he knew how to work with the people
• In 60 B.C. Caesar began collaborating with Pompey a war general and Crassus the richest man in Rome. They formed a small three man government
• Caesar took over Gaul and built an army and expanded his empire throughout Europe, He became very powerful and wealthy.
• After learning about his power in Gaul the Romans invited Caesar back to their empire
• Caesar took over as the supreme ruler of the Republic and used the senate as more of his advisors
• He was a very good leader and treated his citizens well but he was very power hungry
• In 44 B.C. he secured a vote from the senate making him dictator for life
• Unfortunately there was core of senators who were jealous of Caesars success so on the Ides of March (March 15) 44 B.C. they got rid of the ruler by attacking him with knives and stabbing him to death.

4/23/14 west civ notes

    Today we presented our project, I believe we did pretty well. The only thing I would change is we could have presented a little longer then we did. But I don't think I would change anything about our Coliseum except for maybe to add a couple for arches into the building. I like the fact that we were the only group to make it out of wood. Overall I think it was a pretty well done project and we should deserve at least an 85%.

4/22/14 west civ class

  Today in class we turned in our projects and started to present. Unfortunately my group was not able to present but we are presenting tomorrow. Based off the other classmates projects that I saw today I think we can get a pretty good grade on this project. Because out of all the groups that presented a coliseum today I think ours is better than all of theirs but one who's was really good but I think our presentation will be better. I believe our group is ready to present and we all know how we are going to explain our project. Hopefully we will do well and get a good grade.  

4/11/14 west civ class

    Today we took our test on ancient Rome, I personally thought it was very easy and I knew most of the stuff covered on the test. I am confident enough to say that I probably got at least a 90 on it because I knew that many of the questions. There were only two or three questions that I had to really think about, and eventually had to take an educated guess on. But even those I am confident that I made the right choice, hopefully my predictions come true and I did really well on the test.

4/9/14 west civ notes

We continued to review notes and prepare for the test on Friday. I was able to add a couple more notes on Rome that I have to review

 

More Notes on Rome 

• Roman Legion- was their army, police, firemen.........
• They were the men with the armed weapons
• During Battle the Legion was a group made up of 5000 men
• Century was a group of 80 men within the legion arm force
• Infantry was foot soldiers
• Calvary was soldiers on horseback

Punic Wars Continued

• Rome vs. Carthage
• 3 battles fought
• Rome won all three battles 
• Carthage is located on the northern coast of Africa
• Carthage's army general was named Hannibal
• First war was fought over the Island of Sicily and Rome won
• Second war Hannibal pulled together a ton of soldiers and elephants and charged around Spain and past France and into Rome trying to obliterate Rome but even though Rome was caught off guard they were still able to fight off Carthage
• Third war, Rome got tired of waiting for Carthage to rebuild their army and trying to start another war  so they just charged into Carthage and completely sacked the empire and destroyed everything in Carthage thus ending the Punic Wars 

4/8/14 west civ notes

  Today we reviewed for our Rome test that will be on Friday, I am actually remembering a lot more than I thought. I'm pretty confident that I can get at least a B. I just need to read over a couple of things and I think I will be prepared to take this test.

 

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

• 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 

4/7/14 west civ notes

Answers to Rome worksheet

1. The geography effected the development of Rome because they were in the middle of Italy which was in the middle of the Mediterranean sea. So they were able to control almost everything in that area. The Tiber River provided fertile soil and the areas around them allowed easy expansion of their empire. They were in a perfectly located destined area.
2. The Etruscans influenced the development of Rome by showing them a better way of farming, they also introduced the Romans to their art and the Romans used the Etruscans inventions of the arch and streets in rows. The Romans became a more organized civilization because of them.
3. The two groups that competed for power in the ancient republic of Rome were the Plebeians who were the common people and the patricians who were the rich nobles/aristocrats
4. The significance of the Twelve Tables in Roman Law was that it was one of the first times that the basic laws of a civilization was set down in writing and not passed down orally. The laws were placed in the middle of the town for all to read. Also the common people couldn't be accused of doing something wrong unless the law was shown to them in the Twelve Tables.
5.  After the sacking of their city by the Gaul's the Romans regained control of Italy by creating new tactics and taking back Italy. After the rebuilding was done they fled into the Gaul's territory and destroyed almost everything in their town and took most of the people living in Gaul back to Rome as slaves.  

Additional Notes

• Etruscans showed the Romans the entertainment of the gladiator battles
• The Etruscans showed the Romans the use of arches in architecture which helped with the Roman aqueducts.
• The Gaul's were the ancient French
• The Punic wars was a three round war where the Romans battled the Carthaginians
• The first round allowed the romans to push Carthage out of Sicily and take control of it
• The second round started with Hannibal destroying many Roman armies but the romans perseverance allowed them to pull out a victory leaving carthage weak and helpless
• Fearing that Carthage would strike again, the romans started the third war with the Carthaginians and completely took control of Carthage. The senate ordered for all the people of Carthage to be sold into slavery, the ground leveled and the area to be cursed.



4/4/14 west civ notes

More Notes on Rome

• When people moved into Italy they had almost the same resources that Greece had
• The Romans imitated Greeks way of living and improved on it
• First people to settle in Italy was the Latin's and they settled on the Tiber river
• Other groups to settle was the Etruscans and the Greeks
• The king was advised by a council of elders called the senate in early Roman government
• The senate was made up of elderly rich men
• the king decided who was a member of his senate
• Around 500 B.C. Rome overthrew the monarchy government and formed the Republican Government
• The Republic was a mixture of a democracy and an oligarchy, citizens elected representatives to make decisions for them
• Patricians were rich aristocrats, Plebeians were the common people
• Plebeians were workers, artisans, and farmers. Some were pretty rich but they didn't have a connection to all the power
• In the Republic most things were run by the senate which was an assembly of many rich patrician families. Among the senate there were two consuls which were kind of like two presidents, they could veto each others decisions.
•   The consuls served for 1 year and then had to run for office again
• When there was a huge crisis they gave all the power and decision making to one dictator for six months max
• In 450 B.C. according to the plebeians demand the laws were set into twelve slabs of stone called the twelve tables and were set in the middle of the public square
• As the plebeians grew richer and more powerful they began electing their own representatives called tribunes, these tribunes were able to take part with the government and represent the common people
• The tribunes could veto the senate's decisions 

4/2/14 west civ notes

Ancient Rome/Italy Notes

• First people to settle in Italy was the Latin's, other people to settle in Rome was the  Etruscans and the Greeks
•  Italy was centrally located in the middle of the Mediterranean sea
• Rome was on seven hills and right on the Tiber River right in the middle of Italy which was right in the middle of the Mediterranean sea
• Romans were able to divert water and rivers into a bigger water mass to get rid of swampy, marshy areas, because of this they had more useful land
• The last king that Rome/Italy ever had was Tarquin the Proud, the Romans just ran him out of office and out of town because they had enough of him
• Romans loved the way Greeks did things, they based a lot of things off of Greece tradition, EX: Gods and Goddesses, Architecture, Art,......
• What Romans did differently then Greeks was that they elected different people to represent them, instead of voting as a whole and not making much progress
• 3 parts to the Republic: Democracy, Monarchy, Aristocracy
• In the monarchy part, the Romans had two CONSULS, they both had an equal amount of power and could veto each others ideas, its like the president today but there is two of them
• The aristocracy was kind of like the Senate today
• The democracy is like the House of Representatives today
• The American government is almost exactly like the Roman government back then
• There were two main groups of people the Plebeians and the Patricians
• The Plebeians were middle classed, normal people
• The Patricians were the rich aristocrats with power
• There was another group of people in Rome, Slaves, they made up a lot of the population in Rome

For the project I will be working with Brad Hubbard and Phil Prevosto

4/1/14 west civ class

   Today in class we discussed a project that is going to be due after spring break. Mr. Schick gave us many different ideas and the one idea that stood out to me was the model of the coliseum. I have done models of things for projects in the passed and I think I am going to do another model for this one. This could be really fun because I like constructing things, hopefully I can do a good job on it and get a good grade because this project is worth a lot of points.