5/29/20

Two things that will keep the plebs from revolting: bread (free grain from the state) and entertainment (Circus Maximus,); partly to keep them alive and partly to keep them quiet/distracted
- Tiberius Gracchus saw the advantages of courting the plebians, so the military generals worked at the angle
- The angle was to lead an army that conquers a land, then give them a share in the spoils
- Julius Caesar (100 - 44 BC): a highly successful general and conquered the territory of Gaul
- Caesar knew how politics work; make common folks happy and make friends in high places
- Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus formed the First Triumvirate
- All of Caesar's soldiers were devoted to him; Caesar had self-locomotion
- Caesar serves one year as consul and appoints himself governor of Gaul
- Pompey soon becomes jealous of Caesar and becomes his rival
- Caesar's and Pompey's armies fight in Greece, Asia, Spain, and Egypt, with Caesar winning
- In 44 BC Caesar was named dictator (at first for 6 months, then for life)
- Caesar's reforms were that he: granted citizenship to people in provinces, expanded the Senate, adding his friends, created jobs for the poor, especially through public works projects, increased pay for soldiers, and started colonies where those without land could own property
- The senators saw Caesar’s rise in power as a huge threat to their political viability, so they lured him into the Senate, stabbing him 23 times; everyone was involved
- The senators weren't punished and Octavian was named Julius Caesar’s sole heir
- This was the end of the republic

5/27/20

I will be taking the test on June 2 at 8 Am.

-Bread and circuses will keep the plebes happy.

-Tiberius Gracchus Recognized the advantage of courting the Plebeians but failed.

-Julius Caesar was an amazing general and conquered a large territory of Gaul.


-Caesar made everyone happy. he made friends in low places and high places. Him along with pompey and crasius made the first triumvirate.

-"Crossing the Rubicon" meant crossing the point of no return.

-Caesar starts at consul then works his way up to dictator for life.

-Caesars promises were, Granted citizenship to people in provinces Expanded the Senate, adding his friends,Created jobs for the poor, especially through public works projects, Increased pay for soldiers, Started colonies where those without land could own property

-Caesar was assasinated because the senators saw his rise in power as a threat.Even brutus friends betrayed him. This was the end of the republic.

5/21/20

For my essay I am goin to be answering question A. I feel that this will be the easiest question because i know about the current government of the united states and I find researching the roman government interesting.

5/19/20

Main Idea: Empire Building. The creation of the Roman Empire transformed Roman government, society, economy, and culture

• Rome's increasing wealth and expanding boundaries brought many problems
• As Rome grew, the gap between rich and poor grew bigger

• small farmers found it difficult to compete with the large estates run by the labor of enslaved people
• Many of the farmers were former soldiers 
• A period of civil war, or conflict between groups within the same country, followed their deaths
• in 60 BC military leader, Julius Caesar joined forces with Crasses, a wealthy Roman, and Pompey, a popular general.
• Caesar was elected consul in 59 BC 
• these men dominated Rome as a triumvirate, a group of three rulers
• Caesar governed as an absolute ruler, on who has total power

• He granted Roman citizenship to many people in the provinces
• He expanded the senate, adding friends and supporters from Italy and other regions
• He helped the poor by creating jobs

5/15/20

The Punic Wars were three wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC, and were probably the largest wars in the ancient world.The main cause of the Punic Wars was the clash of interests between the existing Carthaginian Empire and the expanding Roman Republic. The Romans were initially interested in expansion via Sicily, part of which lay under Carthaginian control.

5/11/20

The leader Tarquin took control, and forced Rome to change its views on tyranny. Tarquin took control when a women named Tullia killed her own husband and sister so she could marry Tarquin. Then Tullia told Tarquin to kill her father, and when he removes him from the throne, she runs his father over with her chariot. Tarquin tried to cover for his son, Sextus, and a matron. The people of Rome got so upset that they decided to kick him out,and tyrany with it. 

 The plebs, or what we might consider regular citizens, didn't have any rights, and made up pretty much all of the population. Also, like our form of government there are three branches that were put in place. Instead of one president, there were two consuls who only had a one year term. In the legislative branch, there are two different sets of people; a senate, which had a fixed number of people, and also a group that could change size depending on the population count. Finally, they both have a judicial branch, except the judges back then were called Praters, and only had one year terms.

5/8/20

-The Etruscans came from the north central part of the peninsula to settle Rome.
-The Greeks,, who had many colonies around the Mediterranean, also settled in Rome
-The Latin were the first to settle in Rome.
-They settled on the banks of the Tiber and situated trading ship that could go no further then Rome.
-Tarquin the proud grandfather built the worlds largest drain, the cloaca maxima. This drain pulled water from all sorts of streams of other water sorts into the Tiber.
-The seventh, and final, kind of Rome was Lucias Tarquinius.
-He was a true tyrant, the old fashion scents of the word.

5/7/20

First I would like to start off by saying the lyrics were very good. The lyrics were nothing compared to listening to the song. This might have been one of my favorite memories by the looks of everything from this class, if we were still in school of course. Although I am enjoying staying home, sleeping in, and having less work this might have been worth going to school for. I know this had to take a long time to create so thank you for doing it for us, I loved it.

5/4/20

The Twelve Tables were written laws for plebeians to have power to propose legislation, intervene in legal matters, and veto the actions of other magistrates. The common people/plebeians finally had a say in the law. The laws were first carved into wooden tablets(tables) and then onto bronze to be permanent. They were carved onto twelve tablets, hence the name The Twelve Tables, and place all over the Forum for people to see. a group of ten patricians began writing down Rome's laws and hung them in the Forum. They were memorized and added onto later on. The laws were passed in three different types of assemblies.
 -Centuriate Assembly- for high elections and military affairs
-Tribal Assembly- for lower elections
- Plebeian assembly- for matters that only affected lower classes
The senate would propose the law then people would discuss it and vote on it.

5/1/20

This is the Pantheon. In ancient roman times, this building was used for a temple. The first version of this building burnt down so they had to build a second version. There are two rows of columns in the front of the building. This was very common in building during that time. On the top of the building there is writing in roman that I cannot read. Now, in todays world this building is used as a church.