Rome Pop Quiz

Today in class we had a pop quiz on Rome. Our class averaged a 72%, the other classes averaged a 77% and 68% on the quiz. I got a 90% on the pop quiz. After we took the pop quiz we were given time to work on our projects before we have to present them on Tuesday. My group is about 75% done we just have some little details to get done. The last thing we did in class today was go over the rubic and grading procedure for the projects. 

Rome Video Day 2

Today in class we finished the video we were watching about ancient Rome. We were able to get a better understanding of how the Patricians and Senate acted and the way Plebeians were treated. The Patricians were taking the Plebeians land, and ultimately making them poor. There was no middle class, you were either rich or poor. We were also able to see how voting in the Senate took place. The important people were able to speak, so they would stand up and give their opinion on what they should do. If the others stood up and clapped, that meant they were agreeing with them.  Since we finished the video today, I am not sure about what we will be doing tomorrow.

Ancient Rome Video

Today in class after Mr.Schick took 15 minutes to set up a video, we watched a video on ancient Rome. Mr.Schick also mentioned that the academic team competition next Saturday and asked if anyone was interested in doing it because it would barely cost any money. Mr.Schick suggested that Chesca, Karson, and I do it. I will have to see what I am doing next Saturday and see if I am available, but other than that I will consider doing it.

Class on 5.6.15

Today in class we continued to take notes on ancient Rome. Here are the notes:

Roman Legion
- 5000 soldiers (not for pay)
-Heavy infantry
-Recruited exclusively from Roman Citizens
-On horseback is cavalry
-Shield, sword, dagger, and armor and tunic

Punic Wars
- The Punic Wars (264-146 BCE)
-Rome vs. Carthage
-three wars
-First Punic War (264-241 BCE)
     -Naval battles for control of Sicily
     -Rome wins
-Second Punic War (218-201 BCE)
     -Carthaginian general Hannibal almost done impossible:taking Rome
     -Attacks Rome from the North 
     -Lays siege for 15 years but can not ever get to Rome
- Third Punic War (149-146 BCE)
     -Rome wanted to finally remove threat to Carthage
     -Scipio, Tiberius Gracchus, and others attacked the cit
     -Carthage was burned for 17 days
     -War ended- last 50,000 people in the city sold to slavery
    -Rest of Carthage's territories were annexed, made into Roman province of Africa.
 Economic Change, Social Upheaval 
- Slaves poured into Italy
-Second century BCE there were over a million slaves in Italy
-Small farmers lost their land to aristocrats

Class on 5.5.15

Today in class we took notes. The notes are below:

Patricians & Plebeians
- Rule of kings replaces 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 consuls could veto the other
-Fifth century B.C.E. patrician dominance of the government was challenged by the plebs.
-Plebs were 98% of the population
-How did the patricians dominate:
1. Plebs had to serve in the army, but could not hold office
2. Plebs were threatened with debt slavery
3. Plebs had no legal rights
-Plebs were victims of discriminatory decisions in judicial trials
-Rome had no actual laws, just unwritten customs
-Patricians could interpret these to advantage
-Plebs refused to serve in the military until:
1. Laws were written out (The Law of the Twelve Tables)
2. These laws (on tablets) were posted in public (450 B.C.E.)
3. Tribunes ("Tribal Leaders")

-SPQR- Sentatus Populusque Romanum
-Designates any decree or decision made by "the Roman Senate and people"
- Res publica- the people's affairs
-Democracy (the people's assembly and the tribunes)
-Aristocracy(the senate- approx. 300 people)
-Monarchy (consuls)
-Not a tyranny ( mistake- they don't want to repeat)

Gov't ancient Rome/ USA
-The US modeled their new government on the model used by ancient Romans
-Not exactly the same
-Both have three branches of government- executive, legislative, judicial
- Both have legal code

Rome                                             vs.                               US
                                               ~Executive~
 - two consuls                                                      - President & VP
-one year terms                                                   - Four year terms
-each has veto power                                           - Can veto proposed laws
-controls military                                                  - Commander-in-Chief
-could appoint dictator in crisis for 6 months

                                               ~Legislative~

-Senate- 300 people- Aristocrats-members for life               -Senate -100 senators-6year terms
-Assemblies-members for life                               - House Representatives- 435 members-2 year terms

                                                ~ Judicial~
-Praetors                                                              - Supreme court
-Chosen by centuriate assembly                          - Nine members
- one year terms                                                   - Appointed by the President confirmed by state
                                                                             - Lifetime terms

                                                ~Legal Code

- Twelve Tables                                                - Bill of Rights
- Only protected free born male citizens

Catch-up Day

My class is yet again ahead of the other classes, so we had a catch-up day. I was able to work on my math homework and I am now able to get my blog done for today. My group had started to get some of the little things on our project done since Mr.Schick finished the Roman powerpoint so hopefully we will have all the little details by the time we meet on Wednesday at Karson's house.

Grandparents Day

Today was Grandparents day, and in class we took notes. These are the notes from class:


Greeks
- They had colonies around the Mediterranean sea
- Romans borrowed: Religious beliefs, alphabet, much of their art, military techniques and weaponry
Latins
- first to settle
-descendants of Indo-Europeans
-settled on the banks of the river Tiber
-situated so trading ships-not far warfleets could navigate as far as Rome-no port
-Commercial  port, but not susceptible to attack
-built on seven hills
Drained a Swamp
- Many streams flowed into the Tiber
-There was a marshy area called the Forum, between Palatine and Capitoline hills
-Tarquin the prouds grandfather built the Cloaca Maximum (largest anicent drain) channeled water into the Tiber
Tarquin
- Lucius Tarquinas Superbus
-the seventh and final king of Rome
-known as Tarquin the arrogant
-a true tyrant, in old and modern sense
-Tarquin seized power like an old school tyrant