julius caesar

Julius Caesar 

• part of the patricians but was not very rich.
• teamed up with Pompeius, one of the richest men ever. 
• triumvirate- In Ancient Rome, an alliance of 3 politicians that enabled them to control the Republic's decision making. 
• Julius Caesar was in a triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus
• Rubicon- river, marks the northern most border of the Roman territories. 
• When Caesar got to the Rubicon he had a decision to either leave his men behind or come in with his thousands of men. 
• Caesar conquered Gual and even made forays into Britain and Germany
• Pompey defended the Senate and Caesar defeated him in Greece and murdered him in Egypt
• Caesar showed respect to the Senate but treated it as a mere advisory body
• Roman's applauded Caesar and his work, but some senators were disturbed. 
• Caesar came to the Senate's house, unarmed and unguarded and was stabbed 23 times in the stomach and killed.

presentations

todya in class was mostly food projects. everyones was very good but ava and claires cake and apples was my favorite. Will's pork was very good, i liked the spices. and taylor's apple cake was very good as well. cam, brad, and phil also went, i gave them a 95, because there presentation was really good, they explained the colosseum and its uses well, along with all roman architecture, but there model was not very good, the idea they went for was good, but i dont think it turned out like they wanted it to.

today in west civ. , i presented my project. i lost the paper for it but i found it and it is at home, everyone thought my Colosseum was amazing but my presentation wasn't. i had to leave class early for my game, so i didn't see anyone else's

punic wars (continued)

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

review

Today in class we went over notes. We talked about the stuff that is going to be on the test friday. I hope we get to use our blog again. this is the stuff I have in One note so far:

• The first people were Latinas to settle in Italy then the Etruscans and then the Greeks
• Rome was in the middle of the peninsula on the Tiber River
• They drained out the swamp and that let them build on the land
• Tarquin the proud- He didn't feel like he needed to listen to people, he was a king, the people of Rome threw him out, He was the king of Rome/Italy
• Res publica- Latinas for the people's business- where we got Republic from
• Republic- part democracy, part monarchy- 2 consuls, part aristocracy
• The US got there government off of Rome
• Rome has 300 Senates and the US has 100
• House of Representatives is like the democracy
• Plebeians- regular people, middle class/lower middle class
• Patricians- rich people, aristocrats, had money and land
• Slaves
• Tribunes were elected by plebeians to serve in the assembly
• The assembly was where the 12 tables were
• Aristocracy monarchy and democracy are the three governments in Rome
• Senates are elected by the aristocracy
• Assembly- place where plebeians were they elect people
• Senate only patricians
• Consul- is like being the president or king, there were two consuls
• US did government like the Romans did it
•   monarchy- consuls
• Democracy- assemblies
• Aristocracy- their senate
• If there is a huge  they would have a dictator take over for 6 months and the republic would be suspended it didn’t happen that often
• The dictator came from the council or assembly
• In the US the senate is the senate
• The councils are the president
• The assembly is like the house of rep. 

the punic war

1. by 250 b.c. all of Italy south of the River Po was in Roman hands
2. This brought Rome into a collision with a rival city-state beyond the sea: Carthage
3. About 700 b.c., Carthage had become an oligarchic and empire-building republic similar to Rome
4. it spread its influence across North America, southern Spain, Sardinia, Corsica, and Sicily

• The Punic wars were waged on land and sea in 3 vicious rounds between 264 and 146 b.c. 
• In the first phase of the struggle, Rome was able to force Carthage out of Sicily 
• In the second phase, the Carthaginian general Hannibal invaded Italy, defeated several Roman armies, and brought Rome to the brink of defeat
• the loyalty of the Romans' allies, the perseverance of their own forces, and their greater manpower, they were able to draw citizen and allied soldiers from all Italy while Carthage relied on smaller mercenary armies 
• at the end of Second Punic war in 202 b.c. Carthage was disarmed and helpless
• Rome provoked a third war in 146 b.c. 
• Carthage was captured after bitter fighting
• in an act of vengeance, the Senate ordered the city to be leveled, its people sold into slavery, and even the ground they stood on to be cursed
• in 202 b.c. Rome had won control  over the western Mediterranean

guided reading: The Romans Create a Republic

1. With nearby mountains they were able to supply the city with fresh mountain water through the famous aqueducts, and was close to the Mediterranean shore which allowed them to build a famously massive fleet.

2.Etruscan priests (haruspices) were asked to lay out the original city of Rome according to established Etruscan religious rituals. 

3. patricians (wealthy land owners who held the most power) and the plebeians

4.The twelve tables in the Roman law is very significant because they began to have set of rules and standards which they have to follow

5.The Gallic sack left very few marks on the city, In particular, archaeology has shown it was not burnt. Rome didn't regain control of Italy after the Gallic sack in 386, as she didn't have it before.

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. Aristocracy

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.)

project

Today in Western Civ, we found out that we will be doing a project on Rome. Thank God we got to pick our partners because I like working with partners who I chose. But I think for my group we might do some kind of cooking thing and possibly a drawing or painting. I am not really sure yet what we are exactly going to do, but me and my partner will figure it out. That is basically all we did.