Rome Pop Quiz

We had a pop quiz on Rome today that I got a 90 on without even studying. I have to admit it was pretty easy but a lot of people got a lot of questions wrong. For now I will continue working on my group project for Rome. I still have to make the cards but I'm working on it and I think the whole thing is coming together great!

The End of Tiberius

In class today, we finished the movie on Tiberius' rule in Rome. The government did not like the amount of power that he was getting especially because the people sided with him mostly because he wanted to give their land back. Once he got to position of Tribune and got laws voted in, the government got very angry and tried to plot against him. They told the people he wanted to be king and the people didn't like that. Tiberius tried to run for Tribune again which was against the law and this angered the government leaders greatly. They beat him to death at the voting and dumped his body in the river. Tiberius is still remembered as the hero who changed Roman government.

Mr Schick Absent

Mr Schick was absent Friday which really helped put a kick start on my group's board game project. Kendall and I have figured out the whole game board and the cards and Ellee is going to write the paper on it and help with design. Kendall and I are doing most of the work for the board game part of the project because Ellee can't meet a lot after school because she has work and driver's education. That's why she's writing the paper for it and helped out here and there on the board. We all think it's pretty equal work. We have the rest of this week to finish it up and I think it will come together pretty well. Another bonus is our class doesn't have Mr Schick on Monday's so the project isn't due for us until the day after. As of right now, we have 8 days so I'm sure we can get it together well enough for an A. Hopefully the rest of class is doing just as well. Summer's approaching very quickly as exams are so I will probably start making my flashcards for the second time around. Wish my group and I luck!

Video

We watched a video on Rome for about 10 minutes on the lesson we are learning in Rome. We didn't do anything else because we were having technical issues.

Roman Legion

The Roman Legion had 5,000 soldiers and they were not in it for the pay. The Roman's had an elite heavy infantry and they were recruited exclusively from Roman citizens. There were groups of eighty in century and the ones on horseback were the cavalry. Their armor consisted of a shield, sword, dagger, and regular armor and a tunic. The Punic Wars were from 264 to 146 BCE and it was Rome vs Carthage and there were three main parts of the war. The First Punic War lasted from 264 to 241 BCE and they were mostly naval battles for the control of the strategically located island of Sicily, which Rome won. The Second Punic War was from 218 to 201 BCE and 29 year old Carthaginian general Hannibal almost takes over Rome. He does the unthinkable and attacks Rome from the North after crossing Iberia and the Alps. He sieged to mucuh of the peninsula for 15 years but he never got to Rome. The Third Punic War was from 149 to 146 BCE and this was when Rome wanted to get rid of Carthage. Scipio, Tiberius Gracchus, and others attacked the city with no mercy. Carthage was burned for 17 days and they city was destroyed. The left over 50,000 survivors were enslaved to Rome. The rest of not destroyed Carthage territories were annexed, and made into the Roman province of Africa. This enslavement of 50,000 jumpstarted the Roman expansion. By the end of the 2nd century there was about a million slaves in Italy. Rome knocked this one out of the park!

Rule Of Kings No More

The Rule of Kings in Rome was replaced by the rule of two consuls. The consuls are elected officials elected by aristocrats. They had a term of one year in office and the leaders were always aristocrats. Patricians traced their descents from a famous ancestor. Their duties in office were dealing with justice, making laws, and commanding the army. One consul had the power to veto the other. In 5th century BCE, patrician dominance was challenged by the plebs because the plebs had to serve in the army but couldn't hold office, were threatened with debt slavery, and they also didn't have legal rights. Plebs were 98% of the population so they stood up because they were victims of discriminatory decisions in judicial trials. Rome didn't have actual laws written down so the patricians took advantage of this. The plebs refused to serve in the military until the laws were posted publicly which they were in The Law Of Twelve Tables. These laws were posted in 450 BC. SPQR means Senatus Populusque Romanum and designates any decree or decision made by the Roman Senate and people.Their new governments were democracy aristocracy and monarchy and the USA even modeled their government after ancient Rome. That's all we learned for today.

Jumping Ahead

My class happens to be very far ahead of the other classes Mr Schick teaches. We have covered all the notes that he currently has created and he will be putting up more notes as of Sunday. I think I will take the notes we already have and started to make up questions for Are You Smarter Than A Gladiator. But as of right now Mr Schick gave us his class time to finish any other homework we have to do so far today. This means that right now I have no homework because I finished it all in this class. I guess this gives me time to work on my project over the weekend so I don't have to cram it in last minute. I'll ask someone at the end of class if I missed anything yesterday. I'm very excited to start this weekend with absolutely no homework.