4/30/14

SO we didn't do anything in class today because the video wouldn't play. Soo instead we went to the cafeteria and did nothing again lol but these are some of my notes again

The Roman Empire

 …and to the republic empire

     For which it stands…

• Begins the pax romana - a period of peace and prosperity
• Built roads, aqueducts (brought water to the cities)
• Set up civil service to take care of roads, the grain supply, even a postal service
• Augustus dies at age 76 on A.D. 14, and passes power to…
• Tiberius: bit first, a word about Jesus.     And Paul
• Jesus was a roman citizen and a practicing Jew
• At 30, he began his ministry (A.D. 31-33), preaching to the poor  (and there were lots of em) in the empire, and reaching out to outsiders
• Statements like "My kingdom is not of this world" made the Romans (and the Jews) nervous, and they began to plan his execution
• The governor of the Roman province of Judaea, Pontius Pilate (prompted by Jewish high priests), sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion

form 4/29/14

The Roman Empire

 …and to the republic empire

     For which it stands…

• Begins the pax romana - a period of peace and prosperity
• Built roads, aqueducts (brought water to the cities)
• Set up civil service to take care of roads, the grain supply, even a postal service
• Augustus dies at age 76 on A.D. 14, and passes power to…
• Tiberius: bit first, a word about Jesus.     And Paul
• Jesus was a roman citizen and a practicing Jew
• At 30, he began his ministry (A.D. 31-33), preaching to the poor  (and there were lots of em) in the empire, and reaching out to outsiders
• Statements like "My kingdom is not of this world" made the Romans (and the Jews) nervous, and they began to plan his execution
• The governor of the Roman province of Judaea, Pontius Pilate (prompted by Jewish high priests), sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion

Notes 4/28/14

• The proletarians: in ancient Rome, a property less but voting citizens/ Second class citizens  but they can still vote
• Guys as young as 14 up to guys as old as 50 years old would fight in the war
• Triumvirate: In ancient Rome, an alliance of three politicians that enabled them to control the Republics decision making
• Paterfamilias: the "family father" in ancient Rome, who had unlimited power over his household
• Matron: title of honor given to a married woman in ancient woman
• Semi-professionals fought largely in the hope of bettering themselves through pay, loot, promotion, and above all grants of land or money to provide them with a living when they were discharged
• Caesar an aristocrat stuck up for the poor people, he sided with them and used his influence with them to advance his own cause
• Ceaser fights with his men he gets in there and fights with them
• Pompey,  Crassus ,  J.C. =  First Triumvirate

                 

         

• Rubicon: A river that marked where Caesar made a decision and he couldn't turn back on it/ Its where a decision had to be made
• Caesar`s men defeated Pompey
• They were forced to flee from Italy, and soon were murdered in Egypt
• Caesar was Supreme ruler, then tribune, supreme pontiff, consul, and dictator for 10 years
• Used his new powers to attack the grave problems facing Rome
• He took care to keep the loyalty of the soldiers and prevent rise of rival warlords, by resettling war veterans on farmlands in Italy and provinces
• He gave the Romans splendid public buildings and roads and introduced reforms into every department of administration
• He started wearing purple robes of the ancient kings
• The senate's weren't happy because they had lost all of their power so they decided they were going to murder Caesar
• The senate told Caesar that they had to talk to him  and they Stabbed him. They all passed around the sword and all stabbed him so they couldn’t blame it on each other. They all had blood on their hands. He was stabbed 23 times

due 4/26/14

• The proletarians: in ancient Rome, a property less but voting citizens
• Guys as young as 14 up to guys as old as 50 years old would fight in the war
• Triumvirate: In ancient Rome, an alliance of three politicians that enabled them to control the Republics decision making
• Paterfamilias: the "family father" in ancient Rome, who had unlimited power over his household
• Matron: title of honor given to a married woman in ancient woman
• Semi-professionals fought largely in the hope of bettering themselves through pay, loot, promotion, and above all grants of land or money to provide them with a living when they were discharged
• Caesar an aristocrat stuck up for the poor people, he sided with them and used his influence with them to advance his own cause

Clay sculptures 4/23/14

Clay Sculptures!!!!

The romans modeled their earliest statues out of clay. They were of everything including things such as horses and chariots, gods and goddess, and heroes and leaders. They were very detailed and technical. The Romans style of sculpting was influenced greatly by the Greeks. The romans considered Bronze to be more valuable than marble. They liked statues of gods or goddess or heroes in action. Marble is very different from Bronze because it’s made out of stone so it`s heavier. Also u cannot re-use marble like you can with bronze. When the clay shell has dried, molten bronze is poured in through small holes in the mold. Many of these sculptures are still around today. They further increased the impact of bronze statues by making them life size or even larger than life. Large statues had to be cast in sections that were later attached to form a completed sculpture. Stone sculpture more successfully endured the wear and tear of centuries. A Roman statue is more likely to portray an actual person, warts and all. The sculpture would actually have the wrinkles and warts on them to. They were like real people they looked like real and they were life size statues.

Wednesday!!!!!!!!!!

Roman Legion

• Legion- 5000 men
• Century- 80 men
• Infantry cavalry

Carthage controlled from Egypt all the way to Spain
3 Punic Wars: Rome vs. Carthage

• 1) Sicily
• 2) Hannibal
• 3)Sack Carthage

First Punic War the Romans won
Second Punic War the Romans war
Third Punic War the Romans won again!!!!!!!!
Cannibal was a very wise man: He went around up North then he went it back door to crush the Romans
If Cannibal would have won the second war we wouldn't be taking the way we do and we would look different
Cannibal had elephants and a lot of men
Carthage is in Afri

Notes from 4/4/14

• The romans not only imitated Greek civilization but also improved on it, at least so far as government and warfare were concerned (pg.89)
• They arrived in a Mediterranean land with farming resources that were basically similar to those of Greece or Palestine. But able to support a larger population -- in time, larger armies
• The Indo-European  settlers formed various tribal groups, among then the Latin people of central Italy. Some of the Latin's settled near the mouth of the Tiber river
• The Etruscans were-non-Indo-European immigrants who arrived in Italy from somewhere to the east about ninth century B.C.  
• The Greek city-states had begun to plant colonies in southern Italy as early as the eighth century B.C.
• Latin`s first learned the alphabet and gained knowledge of the life of Greek city-states
• The king would be advised by a council of elders called the senate (Old men)
• Around 500 B.C. Rome over threw its Etruscan rulers and the monarchy was also abolished.
•  The government of the Roman city-state became officially the "people's business" in Latin, res publica, form which the word republic is from.
• Neither a Greek-style democracy nor an oligarchy, but  a mixture of both
• The "People`s business" was in practice run by the Senate, an assembly of about three hundred heads of patrician families.
• Consuls, wielding for a year at a time the military and government power that had formed formerly belonged to the kings.
• The consuls now appointed senators, and they also chose their own successors 
• , though they were careful to choose men who would be acceptable to the Senate
• Senate, could appoint a dictator, with full power to give orders and make laws for a maximum period of six months
• Republic developed a government system they both maintained the leadership of the Senate yet also admitted the Plebeians to power
• Among the chief complaints of the Plebeians was that they lacked legal protection
• In response to the plebeians demand the laws of Rome were set down in writing. The new code was said to have been engraved on twelve slabs of wood or bronze and mounted in the chief public square, the Forum, for all to see.
• The other, in which farmers from outside the city had a larger say, began electing their own magistrates, called tribunes. The tribunes eventually gained the power to initiate laws in their assembly and veto laws passed by the senate
• The separation of powers in the U.S. Constitution derives ultimately from the checks and balances between different branches of government in the Roman city-state

The romans create a republic

1. How did geography affect the development of Rome?
They were founded on a river in the center of Italy. With the good location it gave them a chance to control all of Italy. It put them in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Also with the good location Rome saw a growth in trade, which eventually led them to war with Carthage a trading city in North Africa, and they live on hills.  
2. How did the Etruscans influence the development of Rome?
The Etruscan king ruled over his people and Rome. Romans resented the Etruscan rule. The Romans acquired the skills that enabled them to build their unique political institutions. First city-state was ruled on the Etruscan model by powerful kings, including actual Etruscan conquerors. The major places were laid out in grids. The Etruscan's came up with the arches.  
3. Which were the two groups that competed for power in the early Roman republic?
The patrons and the plebeians, or the rich people and the common people.
4. What is the significance of the Twelve Tables in Roman law?
The twelve tables said that all free citizens were protected by law. They were posted in a public place for all to see. These "Twelve Tables" served as the foundation for the elaborate system of Roman law that grew up in later centuries.
5. How did Rome regain control of Italy after the sacking of the city by Gaul's?
 They were able to conquer them with a powerful army and  Caesar managed to regain control. Gaul was a huge area north of Rome. Gaul's were not French. They discussed about how the Gaul just came and invaded our territory. They wanted to do it without war. Rome got more alliance back and attacked and won Italy back.


Page: 95 and 97

• by 250 B.C. all of Italy south of the river Po was in Roman Hands. but this success brought Rome into collusion with a rival city-state beyond the sea: Carthage, on the North coast of Africa
• Romans had an inherited the struggle when they took over responsibility for protecting their Greek allies
• In the first phase of the struggle after many years of exhausting warfare, Rome was able to force Carthage out of Sicily, but North African city kept the rest of its empire
• In second phase, the Carthaginian general Hannibal invaded Italy, defeated several Roman armies, and brought Rome to the brink of defeat
• Rome provoked a third war, and in 146 B.C cartage was captured after bitter fighting
• Rome won control of the Mediterranean Sea
• The former possessions of Carthage in Sicily, Spain, and Africa became the first Roman provinces.
• Was fought between the Carthage and the Romans
• They also took over from Egypt all the way up into Spain

Rome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 main groups to settle in Rome:

• Latin's were the first people to settle in Rome
• Etruscans and Greeks
• River: Tiber river
• 7 hills so you can see your enemies coming
• They thought Rome was so perfectly located, they thought it was their destiny
• They drained part of the swampy area and stuff so they could build stuff on that part of the land
• They said lets change everything
• Diverting the flow of the river
• Tarquin the Proud was the last king that Rome/Italy ever knew
• They ran him out of town
• Res publica: the people's business
• They voted to elect people to represent them

Republic

1. Democracy
2. Monarchy
3. Aristotcracy

2 consuls

• President is like a king
• The senate is worth a lot of dough(money)
• 100 senates in all 2 per state
• The senates are like the aristocracy from back then
•  Plebeians: The Roman common people including workers. small farmers, and wealthy people who were not Patricians.
• Patricians:  (Upper class citizens who belonged to the oldest and noblest of Roman families.)

In my group its me and Nat and we are going to do roman sculptures out of clay!!!!!

SO TODAY IN CLASS WE LEARNED ABOUT OUR PROJECT AND EVERYTHING. ME AND NATE ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND WE ARE MAKING CLAY SCULPTURES ADN IM GOING TO CREAT A HORSE REARING UP WITH A CARRAGE THING ATTACHED TO THE BACK OF IT. ITS GOING TIO BE SO COOL I THINK WE R TOTALLY GOING TO GET AN A+ LIKE LAWAYS LOL.