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