The Rome test

So today we had our Rome test and for the first time in history of my class it was a open blog test. I didn't have all the answers but I did have at least 90% of them and I now know that I should add and small details and info I get. We didn't start our new unit, we'll probably do that tomorrow but this is all I have for blog today.

The emperors of Rome

So today we took the final notes for out test tomorrow

• The senators saw caesar rise to power a threat to political viability
• They lured him into the senate and stabbed him 23 times 
• Octavian was named heir to the throne
• Octavian takes over at 18, own triumvirate, grandnephew of caesar, Mark Antony general, Lepidus powerful politician
• second triumvirate
• Octavian forces the weak Lepidus to retire
• He and Mark antsy become rivals
• Mark Antony partner up with Cleopatra 
• militarily
• personally
• politically
• economically
• Octavian defeats them at the battle of Actium
• Octavian is the unchallenged ruler of Rome
• given the honorific " Augustus" 
• also given the title "imperator"
• where we get the word emperor
• Rome is now a empire no longer a republic
• 4o years of ruling as emperor (27b.c.-14 a.d.)
• began a stable era of peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana 
• lasted 207 years long (27 B.C.-180 A.D.)
• expanded the Roman Empire further into Africa 
• sets up a civil service to run the govt./empire
• built network of roads
• collecting taxes
• established postal service
• administer grain supply
• built awesome public facilities
• built aqueducts 
• set up a police dept.
• running a fire fighting organization
• finally died of natural causes
• after Augustus death, power was passed down to emperors
• some good, bad, and insane

• Tiberius
• ruled (A.D. 14-A.D. 37)
• excellent general, reluctant emperor
• after death of his son, he exiled himself from Rome and left his prefects in charge
• died at age 77
• Caligula
• ruled A.D 37- A.D. 41 (only 4 years)
• won a power struggle
• known for his cruelty, extravagance and persists- insane tyrant 
• assassinated by a group of praetorian guards, senator, imperial court
• tried to reestablish republic
• Claudius
• AD 41-54
• suffered many infirmities: a limp, stammering, shaking, slobbering, possibly because of cerebral palsy 
• took over because he was the last adult male in family
• ruled well- built roads, aqueducts, canals, started the conquest of Britain
• died by poisoning- last wife plan (wanted her son Nero to rise to power)
• Nero
• Ruled 54-68
• emphasized the arts
• huge fire in 64 (although he didn't fiddle)
• wanted to rebuild Rome to be more majestic 
• he hugely overspent, raided temples
• Historians do not like him

wars of punic and Julius caesar

So today we went over the rest of our notes before our test Thursday

• First punic war (264-146) B.C.
• three wars
• Rome vs Carthage

• First punic war (264-241)
• naval battles for control of Sicily 
• Rome wins

• Second punic war
• 29 year old general Hannibal almost does the impossible taking Rome
• attack from the north after crossing the alps and Spain 
• lays siege for 15 years but lose
• Rome wins (218-201)

• Third punic war (149-146)
• Rome wanted to finally remove the threat of Carthage
• scipio,Tiberius, gracchus and others mercilessly attacked the city
• Carthage was burned for 17 days everything was destroyed
• When the war ended 50,000 Carthage, and 150,000 greek slaves poured into Rome
• By the end of the 2nd century B.C. over 1 million slaves in Italy
• Small farmers lost their farms to aristocrats because they coolant pay their debt
• slaves did the farm work for the rich
• Big farms became estates called latifundia

• Poet Juvenal said Rome " anxiously hopes for 2 things bread and entertainment
• Bread ( free grain from the states), entertainment ( colosseum )
• Tiberius Gracchus recognized the advantages of courting the plebians
• Military generals worked that angle- lead an army that conquers a land, give them a share in the spoils
• soldiers loyalty was to their military leaders not necessarily to Rome or the republic
• Julius caesar (100-44) B.C.
• highly successful general
• conquered the huge territory of gaul
• Made common folks happy
• made friends in high places
• Pompey (general who conquered syria, Palestine)  
• Crassus (richest man in rome and one of the richest men in the worlds history) 
• The 3 men formed the triumvirate
• " Rule of men"
• Crossing the rubicon 
• once you have made a decision you can never go back
• serves as consul 
• appoints himself governor of gaul
• his armies clash with pompous in Greece, Asia , Spain, and Egypt 
• in 44 B.C.
• he is named dictator first six months, then for life
• grants citizenship to people in provinces 
• expands senate, adds his friends
• create jobs for the poor 
• increase pay for soldiers
• started colonies where those without land could own property.

Sic Semper Tyrannis

Rome legal code

Today we talked about the roman legal code which is very similar to our constitution and bill of rights

• Rome had the twelve tables
• They were publicly displayed
• gave rights to the plebeians, not just the aristocrats
• only protected free born male citizens

U.S.A

• bill of rights
• first ten commandments

As you can see we didn't take a lot of notes today because we mostly did discussions. I will probably have a lot of notes tomorrow though

Rome Government

So today we talked about the government Rome had and its similarities to the United States government

• not exactly the same
• executive
• legislative
• judicial
• both have a legal code

Executive, Rome

• 2 consuls
• 1 year terms
• each has the power to veto
• controls military
• appoints dictator for a 6 month term

Executive, U.S.A

• President (plus VP)
• 4 year terms
• veto proposed laws
• commander in chief of the military

Legislative, Rome

• senate has 300 people aristocrats, life terms
• Assemblies (either centuriate or tribal 193 members, later 373), life terms

Legislative, U.S.A

• senate 100 members, 2 each state, 6 year terms
• House of representatives, 435 members ( 55 from California, Maryland had 8, Ak, De, Mt, Nd, Sd, Vt, Wy have 1), two year terms

Judicial, Rome

• Praetors
• chosen by the centuriate assembly
• 1 year terms

Judicial, U.S.A

• Supreme Court
• nine members
• lifetime terms
• appointed by the president, confirmed by the senate.

So as you can see our government is very closely related to Rome which may be why we have lasted so long.

Powerpoint part1

In class today we took more notes

• In Rome citizenship with voting rights was granted only to free born male citizens 
• Patricians were wealthy landowners who helming the most power
• Plebeians were the common farmers artisans, and merchants who made up the majority of the population
• Tribunes protected the rights of plebeians from unfair acts of patricians 
• In 451 B.C. a group of 10 officials began writing down Rome's laws, these are known as the twelve tables
• Republic
• Rule is replaced by two consuls 
• consuls were elected officials 
• term was one year
• always aristocrats( patriarchs )
• Patriarchs traced their decent from a common ancestor 
• they were in charge of dealing justice, making laws, commanding army
• One consul could veto the other decision reducing the power of the other
• SPQR designates any decree or decision made by" the roman senate and people
• Roman legion had 5,000 heavily armed foot soldiers 
• By 4th century B.C. Rome dominated central Italy.

test corrections

So today we went over our test and found out that we will be getting some points back because of a few weird worded questions which should boost my grade up to a 90 or high B but other than that we didn't do anything else and since we had half a day we didn't have a lot of time.

Rome

So today we started our unit onAncient Rome which to me seems like a continuation of Greece. We also took some notes.

• The city of Rome was founded in 753 B.C.
• Rome was built on several rolling hills at a curve on the tiber river
• The earliest settler arrived on the peninsula between 1000-500 B.C.
• There were three groups greeks, Etruscans and the latin's
• 750-600 B.C. greeks constructed colonies along south Italy and Sicily , they became prosperous and commercially active
• The Etruscans were from northern Italy and were skilled metal workers an engineers and were a strong influence on Roman culture and civilization
• in 600 B.C. a Etruscan became king of Rome and made it into a city that covered 500 square miles
• The most famous temple is the forum the heart of Roman political life
• The last king of Rome was tarquin the proud a tyrant forced from power in 509 B.C the romans then said they would never have another king which lead to them developing a republic govt
• republic is a form of govt in which the power rest with the citizens

This was as far as I got but there is a lot of more notes in the future.

test

so today we had our unit test on Ancient Greece. It was a fair test and I had to think about the answers on a couple of questions. I think I got at least a B on it. the next unit we are starting is Rome which had a republic type of government which in most ways is very similar to democracy they also were one of the first empires to have Christianity as their main religion. I don't have many notes but we will take more tomorrow so that will be a fun blog.

test review pt3

So today we took the rest of the notes for our test the Monday after break. So the notes we took are on philosophy and art.

• Epicureanism and Stoicism: founded the school of philosophy, founded the school of thought
• Colossus of Rhodes, a bronze statue more than 100 ft high, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
• 150 B.C. Hellenistic world was in decline, Rome was gaining strength. 

So as you can see we really didn't have that many notes to take on Greece. We did find out though that we will have a choice of a constructed response question and we have to pick from three choices which I'm going to pick the difference between oligarchy, aristocracy, monarchy, and a democracy and a tyranny. I just hope that this test isn't going to be ridiculously hard and have a bunch of trick questions but I don't think we will have too, but I will study to get a good grade.

Test notes

So today we discussed and talked about the test then decided that we will take the test the Monday after break. This way we can get more time to review and finish taking the rest of the notes on the spread of Hellenistic culture.

• Hellenistic culture is a blend of greek,egyptian,persian and Indian influence
• "Koine" was the common language spoken in Alexandria and other major cities during Hellenistic times. In greek it means common
• This language enabled educated people and traders from diverse backgrounds to communicate in cities throughout the Hellenistic world
• Alexandria the city named after Alexander the great became the foremost center of commerce and civilization 
• Trade ships came from all over the Mediterranean to Alexandria
• Both residents and visitors admired Alexandria's great beauty, Alexanders coffin, and the 350 ft  lighthouse called the pharos and the famous museum and library of Alexandria 
• The museum was a temple dedicated to the muses, greek goddesses of arts and sciences 
• The library had 500,000 papyrus scrolls
• Hellenistic scholars in Alexandria preserved greek and Egyptian learning in the sciences which provided most of the scientific knowledge available to the west 
• Aristarchus reached 2 scientific conclusions, the sun is 300 times larger than the sun and earth and other planets revolve around the sun
• Ptolemy disagrees and states the earth is in the center of the solar system which was taught for the next 14 centuries
• Eratosthenes, director of the Alexandria library, estimated the true size of the earth using geometry, between 28,000-29,000 miles he was also a poet and historian
• Euclid, highly regarded mathematician taught in Alexandria , wrote the book on geometry "Elements"
• Archimedes, estimated the value of PI, explained the law of the lever, invented the Archimedes screw which raised water from the ground, and the compound pulley to lift heavy objects

review day one

So today we started to review for out test next Tuesday which was going to be Monday but because we had two snow days it got pushed back. Anyway we went over the start of Alexander the great.

• The Peloponnesian  war severely weakened several city states
• King Phillip the second was the king of Macedonia and thought to take control of Greece and then Persia for their wealth
• Macedonia was looked down upon by the greeks but they did have strong and fearless kings
• The Macedonians lived in mountain villages rather than city states
• Phillip was only 23 years old when he became king and was a brilliant general and politician
• Phillip transformed peasants into a highly trained military force in which he organized into phalanxes
• Demosthenes a orator tried to warn the greeks but they couldn't reach a agreement and when they did it was too late. The Macedonian army was invading and took over all of Greece, which ended greek independence.
• Phillip was murdered at his daughters wedding and never got to take over Persia 
• Phillips son Alex became known as Alexander the great
• Alex was schooled by Aristotle which gave him much knowledge and made him a powerful and smart leader 
• Alexander led 35,000 soldiers across hellespont into Anatolia
• Persia sent 40,000 soliders 
• They both met at the Granicus river which resulted in Alexander smashing through the Persian's defenses which caused Darius the third to worry
• Alex then refused a peace agreement from Darius and moved on to conquer all of Persia and parts of Egypt along with founding Alexandria 
• Alexander the went to Mesopotamia to confront Darius but again Darius fled 
• Alexanders army and the remaining Persian army met at gaugamela resulting in Persia's defeat ending their power
• Alex's army then conquered Babylon, Susa , and Persepolis 
• Over the rest of his lifetime Alex tried to conquer most of Asia but stopped after defeating a Indian army and the morale of his men being low.

Presentation day 3

So today the last group shared their project which was pottery in Ancient Greece. The Greeks created pottery very similar to the way we do. We also took notes on Alexander the great and we checked the weather. We talked about how if we got off how the days would be made up and the policy for spring break days. For my notes since I had already taken mots of them check my last blog for most of them but a new notes is that when Alexander the great died his generals fought over control and eventually three generals divided his kingdom up between themselves and they ruled their own portion with equal power. I don't have a lot because we didn't do that much but the majority of the notes are on my last blog so instead of retyping them just check my last blog.

Alexander the great

So today in class we read about Alexander the great and his life

• The Peloponnesian  war severely weakened several city states
• King Phillip the second was the king of Macedonia and thought to take control of Greece and then Persia for their wealth
• Macedonia was looked down upon by the greeks but they did have strong and fearless kings
• The Macedonians lived in mountain villages rather than city states
• Phillip was only 23 years old when he became king and was a brilliant general and politician
• Phillip transformed peasants into a highly trained military force in which he organized into phalanxes
• Demosthenes a orator tried to warn the greeks but they couldn't reach a agreement and when they did it was too late. The Macedonian army was invading and took over all of Greece, which ended greek independence.
• Phillip was murdered at his daughters wedding and never got to take over Persia 
• Phillips son Alex became known as Alexander the great
• Alex was schooled by Aristotle which gave him much knowledge and made him a powerful and smart leader 
• Alexander led 35,000 soldiers across hellespont into Anatolia
• Persia sent 40,000 soliders 
• They both met at the Granicus river which resulted in Alexander smashing through the Persian's defenses which caused Darius the third to worry
• Alex then refused a peace agreement from Darius and moved on to conquer all of Persia and parts of Egypt along with founding Alexandria 
• Alexander the went to Mesopotamia to confront Darius but again Darius fled 
• Alexanders army and the remaining Persian army met at gaugamela resulting in Persia's defeat ending their power
• Alex's army then conquered Babylon, Susa , and Persepolis 
• Over the rest of his lifetime Alex tried to conquer most of Asia but failed after running into a Indian army blockade. 

Presentations day 2

So today we were only able to present one project because the last group had half of their people missing so only one group could share. The group that did go was on the olympics and they talked about sprinting,  discus and wrestling. We also talked about how the olympics were more of a ceremonial thing than a athletic event. The group had Jamie, Madison, Sydney and Valerie. They did a video which was very good. We also watched a video of Ben-Hur and Mr Schick talked about his movie days so we really didn't do that much.

Presentation day

So today in class was the first day of project presentations in which three groups went. The food group Faith, Ellie, Maddie and Chase. They did a dessert and bread recipe that would have been commonly made in Ancient Greece. They made a video on them making the actual food. My group which consisted of me and Owen did the Trireme. I did the research paper while Owen made the model Trireme. The Trireme was a very powerful boat made by Athens that helped dominate the seas. The last group to go today was Aiden,Frankie,Vlad and Dominic. They did the Phalanx and the Trident. The Trident was a three pronged spear used for fishing. The Phalanx was a group of soldiers armed with long spears and shields that would construct a defensive wall in battle and clash against foreign armies. Tomorrow we should be able to finish the presentations. I hope everyone gets a good grade.

project work day

So today in class we started to formally work on our Ancient Greece project. My group decided to do the Trireme. I did the paragraph portion while my other group member will do the actual example. I will link the paragraph down below.


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QvREFBXWTntkzNqbTYb6cgF8NdqfyZRbEU1HukTwnyg/edit?usp=sharing

To view just look up the url. The link didn't want to work as a live link so just copy and paste it in the search bar. At first we didn't know what to do for our topic but we chose the Trireme while a lot of people chose food and other famous topics like the olympics and military of the greeks.A lot of people didn't fully know what their topic was going to be. No one had formally worked on the project  before today but it wasn't really hard to finish it. The hard part is the building of the Trireme.

COLOR

So today in class today I'm pretty sure a couple of the girls were hallucinating because they were trying to explain different colors to Mr Schick and they made no sense. But what we really did in class today's we finished the video and discussed more about different topics of philosophy and what things are classified in the three parts of philosophy but again we really didn't do that much note taking so this is again gonna be a short blog.

philosophy pt2

So today we continued the video that were watching in class about philosophy. Mr Schick also shared a story about how he bought a homeless man a meal and learned is story. It was very sad but in the video we learned about the three parts of philosophy it also aloud us to really understand the meaning of philosophy. This is going to be a short blog because we had a lot of discussions today instead of watching the video.

philosophy

so today we watched a video about philosophy and the many definitions it has. We also learned that plato and Aristotle had rival schools that they founded. We also started a new thing that every morning we will say a prayer for the victims of the mass shootings since we have been alive. This is gonna be short because I forgot my notebook at school but we really didn't take a lot of notes.