4-17

Today in class we worked more on our projects, which now aren't counting as test grades, but extra credit! Hopefully we will finish tomorrow so I can post it to my blog!

4-15

Today in class we got partnered up with two or three other people, and we are creating a music video to the song that Mr.Schick made! I am very excited and think that this will be a success! Hopefully we will finish next class, which is Wednesday, and I can post it onto the blog!

Rome Rome Rome

Well, you got the Etruscans and the Greeks

But the Latins came first

To the shores of the River Tiber

They drained a swamp (They drained a swamp)

Next thing you know

Livin’ in Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome

Now Tarquin’s kinda proud

But he got a little loud (little loud)

They turned around and ran that tyrant outta town (hey!)

Next thing you know (next thing you know)

No kings no more

Happened in Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome

 

Hey, we got three governments rolled into one

Patricians and plebeians havin’ some fun

Two consuls gotta be better than one

Brand new republic ready to run

Democracy

Aristocracy

Plus monarchy

Not a tyranny

Ho-o-o-old up wait a minute, do I see what I think I… hey!

That’s a Roman legion clear as day

5000 soldiers not in it for pay

Group of eighty’s a century

On horseback is the cavalry

Shield, sword, dagger, and armor and tunic

Fightin ’gainst Carthage in wars that are Punic

Hannibal riding on elephant back

Crossing the Alps just to launch his attack

So now you get the picture (picture)

All the rich are getting richer (richer)

And they’re livin’ on the latifundia

Farmers can’t cope (They just can’t cope)

They’re low on hope

They moved to Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome

I can hear the brothers Gracchus

Sayin, “Rich, please don’t attack us” (don’t attack us)

“We got a feeling that the senators will whack us” (hey!)

They hit the floor (they hit the floor)

Next thing you know

It’s civil war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war

Hey, let me take you back to 60 BC

It’s the start of the rise of Julius C

He grabbed two dudes and he formed a team

It’s a triumvirate -- that’s a group of three

“Crassus (come on), Pompey (come on), I’m JC! (come on)

We three will rule!

What you think I'm playin, baby girl?  I'm the man!

I'm conquering Gaul!”

All of his soldiers gave him their devotion

That’s why he swept over Gaul just like an ocean

Pompey couldn’t understand all the commotion

When he crossed the Rubicon, he kept up motion

It’s just like a potion

Caesar had self-locomotion

Power’s an ambitious emotion

Dictator is not a demotion

It’s promotion

But in 44 BC (BC)

On a day called March 15 (Ides of March)

Brutus and the Senate murdered Julius C

He hit the floor (he hit the floor)

Next thing you know

Caesar’s no more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more

You know he’s so depressed

23 stab wounds in his chest (in his chest)

He saw his friend and he raised one last protest (hey!)

“Et tu, Brute?” (Et tu, Brute?)

That’s what he say

Cuz he felt low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low

 

Only eighteen, Octavian makin’ the scene

He says, “I tell you what,

Got a new triumvirate

Here’s my boy Lepidus

And Mark Antony I trust”

(‘Til Marky met this chick

Cleopatra from Egypt)

Octavian was freakin’

Lust for power started peakin’

“Don’t try to play me or my navy,

At Actium you won’t slay me”

“O” won that game

Did explain

Now Augustus was his name

All his subjects did proclaim

He’s in the Roman Hall of Fame

Twenty-seven BC (BC)

For a couple hundred years (207)

Pax Romana is the word that brings the cheers (Yay!)

They’re on a roll (they’re on a roll)

They built some roads

Leading to Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome

Slaves don’t have many rights and

Then there’s gladiator fightin’ (OW!)

People find the Circus Maximus excitin’ (hey!)

Blood on the floor (knee-deep in gore)

And now you know

All about Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome

(C'mon!)

Notes on Lo2 - Roman Exspansion

• The romans were military people
• Their first wars were against Etruscans, Italian tribes and barbarian invaders
• Carthage was founded about 700 B.C
• It spread its influences across North America, southern Spain, Sardina, Corsica, and Sicily
• By 250 B.C all of Italy south of the River Po was in Roman hands
• In 146 B.C Carthage was captured after bitter fighting
• Carthaginian general was name "Hannibal" and he invaded Italy and defeated several Roman armies
• The Second Punic War ended in 202 B.C and Carthage was disarmed and helpless
• In 202 B.C Rome won control over the western Mediterranean
• Romans unified most of Italy about 250 years before 500 B.C and in the next 250 years they would spread their rule from the eastern Mediterranean to the British Isles

comic

I worked with Taylor, and this is my comic: http://www.pixton.com/create/comic/rq25zezc

4-10

Today in class we watched Mr.Schick and his daughter perform a "rap" about Rome, ancient times, and Civil War. I'm not gonna lie, it is kind of stuck in my head. I am waiting for him to upload the lyrics so I can learn it and be extra ready for the test! My notes I took today are posted on the previous post.

Notes on the Rise of Rome

Important Dates

• Ninth Century BC: Etruscans move into Italy
• Eighth Century BC: First Greek colonies in southern Italy; settlements near the mouth of the Tiber River join to form the city-state of Rome
• Seventh Century BC: Etruscans conquer Latium
• 500 BC: Rome overthrows Etruscan ruler
• 450 BC: Twelve Tables, first written Roman legan code
• 264-146 BC: Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage
• 250 BC: All of Italy south of the River Po is in Roman hands; plebeians share political rights with patricians 
• 202 BC: Rome wins control of western Mediterranean
• First Century BC: Most non-Romans in Italy win citizen rights; Romans expand into the eastern Mediterranean and then into western Europe
• 44 BC: Julius Caesar becomes dictator for life; members of the Senate assassinate him
• 31 BC: Octavian's forces defeat Antony and Cleopatra; Octavian becomes supreme ruler of rome

Key Words:

1. Patricians-Upper-class citizens who belonged to the oldest and noblest Roman families
2. Republic-In reference to ancient Rome, the system of city-state in which decision-making power was shared between the Senate and assemblies of male citizens.
3. Plebeians-The Roman common people, including workers, small farmers, and wealthy people who were not patricians.
4. Senate-In ancient Rome, a government assembly appointed by the king, and under the Republic by consuls; originally all members were patricians, but in time wealthy people plebeians were appointed as well.  
5. Consuls-In the Roman Republic, two senators who led the government and military for one-year terms an appointed their own successors.
6. Dictator-In the Roman Republic, a single leader with full decision-making powers, appointed for a maximum of six-month term during times of emergency.
7. Tribunes-Magistrates elected by the plebeians, who eventually gained the power to initiate and veto laws.
8. Client-A person who provides personal services in return for money and protection from a patron.
9. Patron-A wealthy person who supports others with money and protection in exchange for personal services.
10. Pontiff-In ancient Rome, one of the Republic's leading priests.
11. Paterfamilias-The "family father" in ancient Rome, who had unlimited power over his household.
12. Matron-Title of honor given to a married woman in ancient Rome.
13. Proletarian-In ancient Rome, a propertyless but voting citizen.
14. In ancient Rome, an alliance of three politicians that enabled them to control the Republic's decision making.

Notes

• The Roman soldiers were the most feared soldiers of their time
• Rome is in the middle of the peninsula, they looked at it as an opportunity and advantage (perfect location)
• The three people who founded the Italian land : The Tuscans(2), The Greeks(3), then The Latins (first)
• Romans improved Government and Warfare
• Warfare:
• Government started as a monarchy with kings because they wanted to be like the Greeks, had a council of elders that provided the kings with thinking(senate-comes from latin "senax" which means old men) (the men had money, experience and were tied in) If a kind died the senate would meet and decide who was going to be in charge, usually chose one of their own to replace the king, may not even be related to the king - res publica (where the word republic comes from) means "the peoples business" Got rid of monarchy and king
• Patricians - Upper class, oldest families, land owners, the big shots, the "fathers" of the countries, comes from the same word as father, has connections and is in charge of land
• Plebeians - The common people
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