Friday, April 15, 2016

strawberry tart things

Today in Western Civ Holly taught the class and asked questions while Mr. Schick wrote the test and stuff and I decided to write down some questions and facts I thought were important (also PS please scroll to the bottom of this post) and here they are:

1. Who originally lead Rome?
kings, it was a monarchy

2. Who was the final king of Rome?
Tarquin the Proud

3. What ideas did the Romans borrow from the Greeks?
religion, army (phalanx)

4. What did Rome change to after Tarquin?
republic

5. What percentage of the population were plebeians?
98%

6. How were the patricians dominating the plebeians?
debt slavery, plebeians had no legal rights, could not hold office, or serve in the army

(rome didn't have actual laws at this time)

(laws were posted 450 BC, tribal leaders were elected)

SPQR- Senate

a legion has 5,000 soldiers that eventually got paid

7. Who fought in the Punic Wars?
Rome and Carthage

8. Sic semper tyrannis translates to what?
"Thus always to tyrants!" (said by the conspirators and John Wilkes Booth fun fact)

9. After Rome was a republic, what did it turn to?
an empire

10. What was the time of peace Rome had and who started it?
Pax Romana (means Roman peace) and it was started by Octavian, lasted for 207 years

first war fought over- Sicily
second war- Hannibal and the alps
third war- rome wanted to finally fight carthage and win one more time (a lot shorter than the others)

Pompey vs Caesar

Caesar's reforms (know them) (also know crossing the Rubecan and how/why that was such a risk)

  • also know how he was plotted against by the senate which included his own friend Brutus 
  • THIS WAS THE END OF THE REPUBLIC BTW

Lepidus, Antony, Octavian
then
Antony vs. Octavian and Lepidus bYE
then
Antony and Cleopatra vs. Octavian
then
Octavian

Octavian= Caesar Augustus

  • know his reforms and accomplishments too 
  • know how he died (died of natural causes) 
Know the Emperors and some things they did its gonna be matching:  
  • Tiberius 
  • Caligula 
  • Claudius 
  • Nero


RUBECAN RUBECAN RUBECAN RUBECAN

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