Rome test

Today in class we took the Rome test. I think i knew most of the information but i didn't know some of the questions. I think it was a pretty easy test but it was 40 questions so it was kinda hard. Mr. shick took our papers after we were done to grade them. I got a 90%

Rome notes

The Etruscan's were metal workers and architects which helped with buildings in Rome such as the Colosseum or Roman baths. The Greeks made the roman religion based off of the Greek gods. the Latins were the first to settle in Rome on a hill called Palatine, The last king in Rome was Tarquin the Proud-total tyrant. After kings there we consuls and the roman senate.- Republic group of three -Democracy- peoples government aristocracy- aristocrats and the monarchy- consuls.
Plebeians were 98% of Rome
12 tables was the first written laws that were posted in public.
Plebeians part in government-tribune
Romes government closely relates to U.S's government
executive- two consuls,  one year term, controls military
Legislative- Senate of 300 aristocrats in Rome      U.S. 100 senators
Assemblies 193 members                                       House of Representatives 435 members-bigger the                                                                                   state more reps
Judicial-Praetors chosen by the centuriate on year terms
U.S. 9 members appointed by president confirmed by the senate lifetime terms
Twelve tables protects free born male citizens           U.S. Bill of rights
Group of eighty was a century- looked like phalanx
Three Punic wars- Rome won all
first war- fought over Cecily- big trading country
second war- Hannibal wanted to take over Rome with elephants by going around the Mediterranean / never won because they never took over rome
third war- Rome wanted to destroy carthage once for all- destroyed the land and buildings and made Carthaginians slaves
latifundia is the massive estate of land owned by the rich( just grab some land)
bread and circuses- free bread and grain  and entertainment to keep the romans calm to prevent them from revolting
When they would revolt the people would be crucified
Julius ceaser took over gaul was a consul
Took thre of his friends to make the first triumvirate(" rule of three men")
Pompey was a general who took over land
Crassus was the richest man in the worlds
crossing of rubicon- making a big decision that will effect every thing
to either bring the whole army to Rome or to bring a small army
Julius ceaser took over rome and diclared himself dictator for life
he was murdered by senate

More Projects

Today in class we continued to present projects. First was a project on brink and clay portraits called mosaics. The next project was on the Pantheon, this project looked like the capital building, and the capital building was actually modeled after it. The last project was on Hadrians wall, this project was made with clay and had a lot of detail in it.

Presentations

Today in class we began to present our projects. The first group that presented was Kacey and Meredith. Their project was on roman food and pottery. They made food that was like cheese cake with honey and they made a pot. The next project was Avery and her portrait. She painted a portrait called a Fayum. After she went, Stevie and hunter went. They made a Roman Aqueduct and talked about the uses of it. My group will be first to go tomorrow and I think my  group will do good for presenting.

Last day for project

Friday was the last day to work on the project in class. My group decided to try to finish as much of the project as possibly in class. We got most of the walls on the model of the Roman baths and finished most of the PowerPoint. I think my group will get a good grade for this project.

Pop quiz

Today in class we had a pop quiz on Rome. It was one of the quizzes where you had ten seconds to answer the question. I got a 90 on it. Afterwards we all worked on our projects. My group worked on the PowerPoint  and the plans for the building.

Students teaching the teachers

Today in class we were going to review the powerpoint and Kelsey and Mr. Schick had a conversation that led to her and Jude teaching the class. After Mr. Schick voted them out of teaching because they werent doing a good job, Stevie and Peverly subbed in. They did a pretty good job on presenting for not even making the powerpoint. 

tiberius gracchus

Today in class we finished watching the movie on tiberius gracchus. It was a weird way how everything ended but it was leading to the fall of the roman republic and the rise of the roman empire. It was interesting to see the perspectives of every class of people, Slaves, middle class, and the rich.

class projects

Today in class we had a sub so we worked on our Rome projects. My group worked on our powerpoint and we talked about how we would make our project. I think my group will do good on this project.

Finishing the Powerpoint

Today in class we finished going over the Rome powerpoint. We discussed the economy of Rome after rome took over carthage. Since most of the roman farmers were out fighting the war the only people who tended the farm land were the wives of the farmers. Since they didnt know how to do this, the rich would buy the land and make the farmers wive pay rent for where they lived. When the soldiers came home they would want to move to rome to get a better job with a better pay. But most of Rome was filled with slaves and other people looking for work.

SPQR and USA

Today in class we talked about the relationship between Rome's government and the United States' government. Both of the Countries had three branches of government- Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. For the Romans in the Executive branch they had...
-two consuls
-each consul had a one year term
- both consuls had veto power
-both controlled the military
-and both could be appointed to dictator in times of crisis

-Senate- 300 members
-members were aristocrats and had life long terms
Assemblies- members for life

-Praetors
-chosen by the centurait assembly
-one year terms
dealt with all problems

For set of laws the Romans had the Twelve tables
-Publicly displayed
-gave rights to plebs. not just aristocrats
-only protected free born male citizens

For the Americans in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches we have...
-A president and a vice president
-both have four year term
- the president can veto proposed laws
- the president is the Commander in Chief

-Senate- 100 senators two from every state
-senators had six year terms
-House of Reps.-435 members
- the bigger or smaller the state the more or less reps. a state had.
-reps. had two year terms

-Supreme Court
-nine members
-appointed by the president, confirmed by the senate
-supreme court members had life time terms

For set of laws America had the bill of rights
-the first ten amendments of the constitution

Rome Power point

Today in class we talked about key points on the powerpoint. We discussed how Rome was built on Paletine- one of the seven hills in italy. We discussed the government in Rome after the monarchy-Two consuls replaced the kings, Consuls were elected and had a one year term. The aristocrats/particians and the plebians both had two houses that voted on things and they represented particans and plebians. The plebians refused to serve in the military if the aristocates did not give them legal justice. The law of the twelve tables were made to give justice to the plebians.

Tarquin the proud

In class on Friday we went over the Rome power point. We reviewed over things that we larned earlier in the week and we ended class talking about Tarquin the Proud and all the terrible things that he and his family did. I thought all the stuff that the family did was pretty bad and even Mr. Schick said this was going to be a R rated talk.