we r done rome ALSO I HAD LEMonade today

In Western Civ today we talked about Emperor's and we finished up the slide on Rome and I drank pink lemonade it was a good time here are my notes:

Caesar Seizing Power

• serves as consul for one year 
• appoints himself governor of Gaul 
• Pompey is jealous, becomes his rival, they battle, Caesar wins 
• increased pay for soldiers 
• started colonies where those without land could own property 

Caesar's Reforms

• granted citizenship to people in provinces 
• expanded Senate, added friends 
• created jobs for the poor through things like public works projects 

Assassination 

• senators saw Caesar's rise in power as a huge threat to their political viability 
• stabbed him 23 times 
• senators were not punished 
• end of republic 

Aftermath

• Caesar's grandnephew Octavian takes over at 18 and forms own triumvirate with Mark Antony and Lepidus 
• 2nd triumvirate 
• Octavian forces Lepidus to retire 
• became rivals with Antony 
• Antony partners up with Cleopatra of Egypt, personally, politically, and economically 
• Octavian defeats them at battle of Actium 

Octavian on his Own 

• only one in charge 
• named Augustus (meaning honored one) 
• also named "imperator" 
• where we get emperor 
• 40 years of rule 27 BC to AD 14 
• began the era of peace: Pax Romana 
• 207 years long, 27 BC to AD 180 
• some accomplishments 
• expanded the Roman Empire further into Africa 
• set up civil service to run the gov/empire 
• died of natural causes 

Age of Emperors 

• after Octavian's death power was passed down to emperor's `
• Tiberius 
• ruled from AD 14 to AD 37 
• excellent general but reluctant emperor 
• after death of his son he left and let the prefects take charge 
• died at 77 
• Caligula 
• D 41 
• won power struggle after Tiberius' death 
• known for his cruelty, extravagance, and perversity, was an insane tyrant 
• named horse consul 
• assassinated by a group of guards and senators 
• Claudius 
• ruled from AD 41 to AD 54 
• possibly had cerebral palsy 
• took over because he was the last adult male in the family 
• ruled well, built roads, aqueducts, canals, and started conquest of Britain 
• died by his last wife poisoning him because she wanted her son Nero to rise to power 
• Nero 
• ruled from 59 to 68 AD 
• over EMPHASIZED the arts 
• huge fire in 64 (didn't fiddle) 
• wanted to rebuild Rome to be more majestic 
• hugely overspent, even raided temples for money 
• historiaNS do not look at him kindly 

pasta salad

Today in Western Civ we took more notes and talked about crossing the Rubicon and such and here are the notes we took:

poor plebs

• poet Juvenal said "Rome anxiously hopes for 2 things: bread and circuses" 
• bread (free grain from the states) 
• entertainment (Circus Maximus, Colosseum) 
• this was to keep them alive, quiet, distracted, and docile

A Change in Rule

• Tiberius Gracchus recognized the advantages of courting the plebeians (even though he was ultimately unsuccessful) 
• military generals worked that angle and lead an army that conquered a land and then shared it 
• soldier's loyalty was to their military leader not necessarily to Rome or the Republic 
• Senate spread rumor that Tiberius wanted to become king 
• then Tiberius got killed by chairs and thrown in a river 

Julius Caesar 

• (100-44 BCE) 
• highly successful general 
• conquered the huge territory of Gaul 
• made common folks happy 
• made friends in high places 
• Pompey (conquered Syria/Palestine) 
• Crassus (richest man in Rome) 
• these 3 formed the first Triumvirate 

More Notes and More Notes and More Notes

Today in Western Civ I got the notes I missed from Lauren:

5th century BC- patrician dominance

• gov. was being challenged by the Plebians (98% of the population) 
• Plebeians served in army and threatened by debt slavery, had no legal rights, and could no hold office 
• Plebians were victims of dicrimination in judicial trials 
• no written laws, just unwritten customs (artisans cold twist it any way they wanted) 
• plebeians refused to serve in military 
• wrote out Law of the 12 tables 
• posted in pubic in 450 BC 
• tribal leaders were elected

Senates Populusque Romanium

• designated any decree, etc made by the "roman senate" and the people

res pubilica

• republic
• democracy (peoples assembly by tribunes)
• monarch (consuls)
• aristocracy (the senate)
• not tyranny

US vs. Rome

• we model ancient Rome
• both have 3 branches of government
• both have legal code

US executive
senate, 100, 4 year term
vs.
Rome executive
Senate, 300, aristocrats, members for life

US judicial
Supreme Court, 9 members, lifetime terms, appointed by Pres. but senate may approve
vs.
Rome judicial
praelots,chosen by Centimate,1 year terms

US legislative
senate,100,6 yr term
vs.
Rome legistlative
senate,300, aristocrats, for life

House of reps
435 , 2 year terms
vs.
Assemblies
(centimate or tribual)members for life

Twelve Table

• publicly displayed
• gave rights to plebeians not just aristocrats
• only protected free male citizens

Bill of Rights

• 1st 10 amendments to the constitutions

And then today we took more notes on things like the Punic Wars and here are the notes I took from today: 

Roman legion 

• 5000 soldiers, not in it for pay 
• elite heavy infantry 
• recruited exclusively from Roman citizens 
• group of 80's is a century 
• horseback, cavalry 

Punic Wars 

• (264-146 BCE) 
• Rome vs. Carthage 
• First Punic War 
• (264-241 BCE) 
• naval battles for control of strategically located island of Sicily 
• Rome wins 
• Second Punic War 
• (218-201 BCE)
• 29 year old carthaginian general Hannibal almost takes Rome 
• he attacks Rome from the north after crossing Spain 
• crossed the alps in this war 
• Rome won again 
• Third Punic War 
• (149-146 BCE) 
• Rome wanted to finally remove the threat of Carthage 
• Scipio, Tiberius, and others attacked Carthage and the city was burned for 17 days and destroyed 
• Aftermath
• the leftover 50,000 people were sold into slavery 
• rest of Carthage's territories were made into the Roman province of Africa 
• slaves poured into Italy 
• over a million slaves on Italy by the end of 2nd century BCE 
• poor farmers lost land to aristocrats 
• lig forms became massive estates called latifundia 

I Was Absent

So I was dying yesterday and I didn't get on my laptop at all so I didn't write a blog post about being absent and feeling like death so here it is today and I have nothing else to write so here is the end of my post for yesterday.

Hello, It's Rome

In Western Civ today Ben, Jack, and Matt sang Hello by Adele but like a Rome version (twice). And then we took notes on a Rome Powerpoint and here they are:

Rome

etruscans

• came from north central part of peninsula 
• first people to come to Rome 
• metal workers, artists, and architects 
• Romans often did things the Greeks did 
• Latins were the real people who settled first 
• descendants of Indo-Euorpeans 
• settled on banks of the Tiber 

Romulus won- ROME

• thought they were special because of their location to everything (thought "center" of the world) 
• drained a swamp because it affected the land and the Tiber 
• Tarquin the Proud's grandpa built the Cloaca Maxima that channeled water into the Tiber 

Tarquin the Proud:

• also known as Tarquin the arrogant 
• the seventh and final king of Rome 
• true tyrant in every way 
• Roman people had Tarquin and his family expelled from Rome 
• never wanted  king again 

Government

• two consuls 
• elected officials 
• served one year in office 
• always patricians 
• like our executive branch 
• could veto each other 
• duties: dealing dealing justice, making laws, commanding army 
• they couldn't run again until after 10 years 

who can say where the road goes

Today in Western Civ we presented our project and we went last but it was okay because our video was just a+ editing skills like hire us to edit anything (it actually took us like an hour to edit it because we had zero idea how to work iMovie). I hope we get a good grade and I'm really happy we added the video and such.

Also all the other projects were really good too like Robby's rap good job that was fire and the debate was sassy and the battleship was cool and everyone did great.

This week is also going on forever.

And here is the link if anyone wants to watch it again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsNLUJX16ao

The caption of the video also has an honorable mention for Mr. Schick and his quote about cars and the rain.

First Part of Presenting

Today in Western Civ everyone started the first part of presenting the projects. All of the groups were really good and creative, there was a movie, a rap, a song, a prezi, and they were all really really good. Lauren, Sehrish, and I are going to present tomorrow because we are adding a video on to the end of our Prezi because even though we have all the information and stuff we need, it's still really kinda boring so we are going to work on a little small video or something after school today. But today was cool and I'm kind of nervous to present tomorrow.

Also Misha says hi and that I should mention her in my blog so yeah.