Saturday, April 30, 2011
4/29/11
Thursday, April 28, 2011
4/28/11
Today we took a pop quiz on what Mr. Schick was suppose to send us. He sent the wrong thing. So anyway, I basically failed this quiz. So we went over some stuff from yesterday...
Noble Roman soldiers were at the op of the class in society. Patricians were the aristocratic and also on top. Plebeians were at the bottom. Patricians and plebeians wanted to make he laws public so they carved them into the 12 tables and posted them on the public forum. They had a senate, assembly, and consuls. The consuls were like presidents and could veto each other. They were like the monarchy. They only served one years terms with ten years in between. The consuls also controlled the army. At first only patricians could run for the senate and there were one hundred members. The senate was like the aristocracy. The senators could serve their entire life. The assembly was "the lowest" branch of government. They weren't usually just patricians. They were like the democracy. They later came up with the office of dictator which was the "OMG what do we do" branch of government.
Noble Roman soldiers were at the op of the class in society. Patricians were the aristocratic and also on top. Plebeians were at the bottom. Patricians and plebeians wanted to make he laws public so they carved them into the 12 tables and posted them on the public forum. They had a senate, assembly, and consuls. The consuls were like presidents and could veto each other. They were like the monarchy. They only served one years terms with ten years in between. The consuls also controlled the army. At first only patricians could run for the senate and there were one hundred members. The senate was like the aristocracy. The senators could serve their entire life. The assembly was "the lowest" branch of government. They weren't usually just patricians. They were like the democracy. They later came up with the office of dictator which was the "OMG what do we do" branch of government.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
4/27/11
Today we talked about and reviewed the paper that we read last night and took a ten question pop quiz. That's right... a pop quiz!!! I guess it was more or less a reading check. We did discuss the answers to the questions which are on the previous post. I got them pretty much right. Two big discussions were about the pater familias and the republic. The definitions again, are on the previous post.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
2/26/11
Today we found that Mr. Schick was crazy sick and still felt horrible. He also said that his break as well as his Easter was horrible. So after he finished telling us about his lonely Easter and calling me a raccoon because of my sunburn, he told us to read a few pages and do some questions for homework...
republic- a form of government with a leader and committees to make up a government
gravitas- the Latin word meaning of seriousness or dignity
pater familias- the head of a Roman family; "father of the family"
toga- Roman clothing
patrician- a person of aristocracy, richness, or power
plebiean- of or belonging to the commoners or regular people of Rome
legion- a unit of of the acient Roman Army
century- a smaller unit of elite Roman soldier
1. The geography is a help to them because there is a lot of mountain surrounding a flatter area in Italy. There is also ocean everywhere. The mountains were extremely fertile and they were easy to protect. The ocean gave them those resources. The flat land gave them plains and places to build cities to run the empire from.
2. Rome began as a settlement of Latin shepherds. Greece had a lot of settlements along the coasts of Italy and Sicily and they became close with Rome. The Etruscans were very civilized and moved into North Italy. They had writing and were very languisticized (if that's a word).
3. In Roman society it was good to well educated and rich. You didn't want to be in the bottom of society. If you were a man warfare a very much a part of your life.
4. In the Roman household the oldest capable man in the family was the patrician. Next came the other men. It was then the women. And the children were finally at the bottom.
5. The army was linked to Roman society because the men usually were part of it when they were capable. They always wanted to do the best they could and come back a war hero. This is how there respect for them and their family. It was honorable to be linked to a war hero or honorable person.
republic- a form of government with a leader and committees to make up a government
gravitas- the Latin word meaning of seriousness or dignity
pater familias- the head of a Roman family; "father of the family"
toga- Roman clothing
patrician- a person of aristocracy, richness, or power
plebiean- of or belonging to the commoners or regular people of Rome
legion- a unit of of the acient Roman Army
century- a smaller unit of elite Roman soldier
1. The geography is a help to them because there is a lot of mountain surrounding a flatter area in Italy. There is also ocean everywhere. The mountains were extremely fertile and they were easy to protect. The ocean gave them those resources. The flat land gave them plains and places to build cities to run the empire from.
2. Rome began as a settlement of Latin shepherds. Greece had a lot of settlements along the coasts of Italy and Sicily and they became close with Rome. The Etruscans were very civilized and moved into North Italy. They had writing and were very languisticized (if that's a word).
3. In Roman society it was good to well educated and rich. You didn't want to be in the bottom of society. If you were a man warfare a very much a part of your life.
4. In the Roman household the oldest capable man in the family was the patrician. Next came the other men. It was then the women. And the children were finally at the bottom.
5. The army was linked to Roman society because the men usually were part of it when they were capable. They always wanted to do the best they could and come back a war hero. This is how there respect for them and their family. It was honorable to be linked to a war hero or honorable person.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
4/18/11
On Wendsday we will have a huge test. I think that this test will be quite tough. The test is on everything that we have learned since Egypt, which is Greece. The test involves the project as well as the other stuff that we have learned from Mr. Schick.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
4/15/11
Today we watched some of a movie called Alexander. We watched when Alex get his horse and the Battle of Gaugamela. The battle seen showed how they really fought back then and was completely epic...
Philip the Second had mistresses and a wife who was Alex's mom, Olymias. Alex was Philip's oldest son. Alex said that if he could ride a horse and tame it that his dad would pay for it. If he couldn't his dad would buy the horse. He tamed it and named it Bucepules. The battle of Gaugamela is a pivotal point. Alex had to use strategy to defeat Darius's Persian Army because the Persians had much greater numbers. Alex believed that Darius hired his father's assassinator. A legend about Alex is that a bird of prey flies over when they are getting ready to fight. Alexander tried to kill Darius and came close in the battle and Darius just ran. Alex conquered Persia.
Philip the Second had mistresses and a wife who was Alex's mom, Olymias. Alex was Philip's oldest son. Alex said that if he could ride a horse and tame it that his dad would pay for it. If he couldn't his dad would buy the horse. He tamed it and named it Bucepules. The battle of Gaugamela is a pivotal point. Alex had to use strategy to defeat Darius's Persian Army because the Persians had much greater numbers. Alex believed that Darius hired his father's assassinator. A legend about Alex is that a bird of prey flies over when they are getting ready to fight. Alexander tried to kill Darius and came close in the battle and Darius just ran. Alex conquered Persia.
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