4/30/13

The next video we watched was number 6. this was about Tiberius and how once he was elected as tribune, he tries to pass laws so that the people could vote. Octavian then vetoed this causing Tiberius to rebel against him and veto every law that was attempted to be passed. This put the entire Roman government at a standstill. When Tiberius's term was up he went against the rules and ran again so he couldn't be executed, but this didn't work. The senate made up lies that he was a tyrant and killed him. Although, maybe he actually was a tyrant. The world will never know.

4/29/13

We began class by watching a video about Tiberius's son and how he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and fight against corruption and monarchy/dictatorship. He believed in the republic and wanted it to be less corrupted. When he was younger he recieved a gold crown for being the first over the walls of Carthage in the 3rd Punic war. Later in his military career he made an oath to spain when they were outnumbered, promising no conflict with them and Rome. He did this in order to save the men they had captured. The plebeian families of the saved men thought of him as a hero, but the senate didn't. They wanted to march him naked in chains back to Spain. Instead they let him go and he later ran to become a tribune, knowing that the plebeians would vote for him. He cared a lot about the plebes, and wanted to give them back what the patricians had taken. Also he had a jerk friend named Octavian who stole land and made a vineyard, Tiberius II showed his disapproval towards Octavian. Hopefully we will watch more of the videos tomorrow because they help me remember and understand the lesson.

3/27/13

On Friday we went over the test and I found out that I was the only person who got number 25 wrong. These were some of the questions and answers we went over: Rome was built on a swamp and so was Washington DC. Tarquin the proud is remembered as Rome's last king. Patricians were upper class. plebeians were everyone else. Consuls represent monarchy. Senators represent aristocracy. Tribunes represent democracy. A dictator can hold absolute power for 6 months in an emergency. A president represents modern day monarchy. Roman laws were displayed in the forum, Not agora. Carthage was located on modern day Africa. 300 people were members of the Roman senate.

2/24/13

We had our test-quiz today and I was doing pretty well until I came across the questions about government. I found out after that the senate has about 300 people. After the test we only had a few minutes left to do homework which is reading due Friday.

2/23/13

Today in western civ, we started out by watching a video of a chariot race. I didn't get to see it because Mr. Schick let me go print out some papers for science. When I got back we got our text books out and read to review for the test. We talked more about the Punic wars and how Carthage almost won for part of it, but then Rome came back and won the war. Hopefully tomorrow's tiz/quest will not be to hard.

4/22/13

We watched some more of the music video and the song is still really annoying, but helpful. Making the videos made it even more memorable because of the pictures associated with the lyrics. Grace, Julia, and I went and then Holly went again. we deserved a ten, but we are getting an eight or  even though it took us like 10 hours. Here are he notes I took in class today.

• Hannibal was a carthaginian general

• Rome won the second Punic war

• 3rd Punic war Rome attacked carthage

• Killed all of the males

• Had a massive amount of slaves

• Latifundia is when someone with alot of money housed their workers to take care of huge amount of land

• People moved to Rome to find opportunity

• Had one of the first government welfare system to keep people from revolting

• Had a lot of entertainment

•  Gracchus brothers tried to get rich to give land away and were killed

4/17/13

We went over the rap song and talked about what it actually meant. Some of the notes I got were that the Latins were he first to claim Rome. Tarquin was the last dictator. Rome used to be swampland but was drained. The government was a combination of democracy, monarchy, and aristocracy forming a republic. The consuls were people assigned to make decision. There were two and they could veto each other. Also a set of laws was made called the twelve tabled which empowered the people. The roman legion was their army. A century was a group of mobile soldier and there were usually about 80. Also cavalry were soldiers on horses. Then at the end of class we were talking about the three Punic wars over Sicily between Rome and Carthage ending in Rome winning. Carthage attempted to take over Sicily because it was a great area for trade and control of the area, but Rome didn't let them take it.

4/16/13

We continued to work on the rap song music video. No offense to you Mr. Schick bu after hearing it about 100 times it's getting pretty annoying. I can't believe you have to listen to it so many times when you grade them. Although it is annoying alot of the lyrics are starting to get stuck in my head which is probably a goood thing and will help me on the test. At the end of class we were doing final touches and just needed to finish up with the timings.

4/15/13

Today in western civ, we began making a video of your rap with pictures to it. For the first half of class the internet wasn't working and that was kind of annoying, but once it was up again we started working on it. Mr. Schick said he would probably let us do it again tomorrow because of this problem. I think I will do well on this test thanks to the rap helping me remember Rime's history. We should do this for every chapter.

4/13/1LO2 notes

Lo2 notes

• Created a network of settlers from Rome 
• allies provided infantry and cavalry Romans lacked
• Roman colonists shared the same citizenship with people who lived in Rome 
• Social Wars
• The Punic Wars 
• 250 BC all of Italy south of River Po was in Roman hand
• Rival State Carthage 
• Colony similar to Rome
• 246 and 146 BC The Punic Wars- land and sea 
• Forced Carthage out of Sicily 
• Second Punic War in 202 BC Carthage lost
• Rome third war in 146 BC 
• 202 BC Rome had control of the whole Mediterranean
• Conquering the Empire
• Proconsuls (governors) ruled lands 
• After 27 BC provinces shared benefits of Rome Order
• Local rulers became Client Kings 
• Tied by alliance and support 
• expansion 
• British Isles 
• Hellenistic Kingdoms were loosing their grip 
• 200 BC ambassadors from Greek city states came to Rome for aid 
• Romans sent an army 
• Conflicts with Hellenistic Kingdoms 
• Ruled all of Eastern Mediterranean 

4/12/13

Today we went on a website called pixton and made a comic strip about remus and romulus because Mr. Schick was absent. Grace and I worked together and made a wonderful comic strip.These are the scenes we depicted:  Remus and Romulus were abandoned in the Tiger River as children and taken in by a wolf. She raised them until one day hey were found by new parent. They then decided to build their own city. As they were building they got into a fight. Later, they stole women from the Sabine tribe because their men didn't have enough. Later the Sabine men came and fought the Romans for their women back. Because the women had grown to like the Roman men they begged for the fighting to stop. Then one of the brothers gets lost in a storm. Making the comic was fun but later we saw that there was a river background after we submitted ours of the island which was very disappointing.

4/10/13

I saw Mr. Schick walking around the hallways this morning with a weird hat and glasses on. Later I discovered that this was for his spontaneous rap song that he performed in front of our class today. Hope fully I will memorize this rap before the test which Mr. Schick said most people do better on than any other test, most likely because of the rap. After this we went on and talked more about the noted we took the other day and I once again updated the noted I took on my first blog of the Rome unit so I have no useful information to blog about other than what I already posted.

4/9/13

Today in class all we did was go over our notes we took for homework last night and hand tests back. I only had 1 ding :( After going over the tests, Mr. Schick also added on to what some of us already had. I already edited my last blog post in class with the notes Mr. Schick told us we should probably have so I don'r really have much to write about for this post.

4/8/13

Today in class we reviewed for the test, took the test, and then were told to view Mr. Schick's blog. He told us to take notes on the first chapter about Rome and these are my notes.In 500 b.c. Rome became a Greek styled city state no longer ruled by Kings and queens, but by Roman government systems

• romans loved the way Greeks did things and modelled warfare and government after them
• mediterranean land used for farming and raising more food allowing a larger population
• Latins were first to show up and settled at the Tiber River
• 3 groups of people to settle on Italy were the latins, etruscans, and also Greeks
• latins first learned alphabet and we modelled our alphabet after them
• Augustus Caesar turned military rule into a workable system of government
• Indo-European settlers formed various tribal groups 
• These settlements joined to form a single city-state, Rome
• 264-146 b.c. punic wars between Rome and Carthage
• Etruscans were non-Indo-European immigrants who arrived in Italy somewhere to the east
• Romans adopted plans for a gridiron street plan for cities, gladitorial combats, and masonry arch from Etruscans
• Romans borrowed directly from the Greeks
• Patricians are men with fathers and money(aristocrats and upper class)
• Rome became a republic
• Plebeians were common people inferior to patricians(farmers)
• The people's business was run by the senate(300 or so heads of patrician families)
• Two among the senators were consul(colleagues)
• Consuls on the advice of the senate could appoint dictators
• Tribunes were elected by farmers from outside the city to gain power
• Ultimate leadership of government rested in the senate
• They had a mixed government similar to athenian democracy and Spartan oligarchy
• Pontiffs were priests 
• instead of dedicated his life directly to the state, men now dedicated themselves to family and clans
• paterfamilias were the family fathers that held the family together
• matron was the name marries women who became mothers bore
• roles of mother and fatherhood were revered
• Romans were above all a military people and patriotic farmers/soldiers
• Rome was known for having a superior army
• Generous in their treatment of defeated enemies
• 500 b.c. monarchy was demolished (tarquin was the last)
• people's business is what they referred to their government as
• after 509 is when tarquin was no longer a dictator
• The twelve tables were a set of laws posted in Rome with the laws of the land on them
• Gave Plebeians power because they could now defend themselves
• Plebeians had their own consuls
• tribunes were there senators
• Firts the Latins came, then Etruscans, then Greeks

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King Phillip 2

• Born at pelia of Macedon
• youngest son of King Amyntas 2
• held hostage @ Thesbe- learned military skills & deplomatic info
• King of Macedon 359 BC- 336 BC
• assinated @ a wedding

Olympias

• originally a princess
• arranged marriage with King Phillip 2
• gave birth to Alexander
• divorced Phillip
• ordered Eurydice to kill Phillip 3 (king Phillip 2 son) to ensure Alexander got the throne
• claimed Zeus was Alexander's father

Alexander's Birth

• born in Pella region of Macedonia on September 20, 350 BC
• didn't see his father much as a child because King Phillip was with the military and affairs
• resented his father bc he was gone so much
• Olympia was a powerful role model

Bucephalus

• 344 BC- dealer from Tessalia offered a large, black horse to King Phillip
• Horse seemed unable to be tamed- King Phillip didn't want it
• Alexander wanted the horse and tried to tame it- he realised the horse was afraid of its shadow and tamed it
• King Phillip said about his ability "O my son, look thee out a kingdom equal and worthy of thyself, for Macedonia is too little for thee"

Education

• tutored by Leonidas- taught Math, Horsemanship, & Archery
• Alex was a rebellious student with relentless attention
• tutored by Lysimachus- used role play to teach
• 343 BC- tutored by Aristotle @ Temple of the Nymphs at Meiza (13 years old)- taught Philosophy, Drama, Science, Poetry, and Politics
• education ended at Meiza in 340 BC

Phillip's Assination

• Oct 336 BC in Aegea
• killed by his body guard- Pausanias of Oretis
• Reason unknown- possibilities include: Persians payed him off or Pausanias had relations with him then Phillip cheated on Pausania
• Alex had Pausania's body crucified

Family Relationship

• tension
• Alexander's step mom (Cleopatra)'s uncle told Alex he wasn't worthy of the throne

Alexander takes Power

• people doubted him because he was young
• people who doubted him were killed

Military Career 

• fought vs Persians bc he thought they might have been involved in his father's assassination
• 334 BC: fought NW Asia Minor (Battle of the Granicus River)
• 334 BC- siege of Halicarnassus 
• conquered Egypt @ Gaza
• Egyptains called Alexander a Pharaoh

Invasion of Egypt

• 327 BC- Punjab
• Indians fought with elephants
• Bucephalus died- named a city after him
• won & captured Porus

Revolt of Alex's Army

• revolted bc India had elephants & soldiers wanted to see their family
• Alex allowed them to return
• took Hydaspes & Indus river's home- fought Malion on their way 
• many died on the journey home bc of the Gerdosian desert

Death

• June 10/11 323 BC- 32 years old @ palace of Nebuchadnezzar 2 in Babylon
• reasons a mystery, possibilities: poison (by Aristotle or his son, Iollas), malaria, alcohol poisoning  
• people refused to believe he died

His Power/Rule

• empire was the largest of its time
• remained under Macondian rule for 200-300 years after Alex's death
• Alex encouraged people (Macedonian men) to marry Persian woman to maintain peace 
• tried to combine Greek and Persian cultures
• the passing of the ring symbolized the passing of power