Maddie's Western Civ Blog

The Second Triumvirate Octavian takes over at age 18 Mark Antony experienced general Lepidus powerful politician Oct forces Lep to retire, Oct and MA rivals, MA partners up with Cleopatra, Oct defeats them Octavian Oct now unchallenged ruler of Rome, named "Augustus" and "imperator"  now Rome is an empire rules for 40 years, established an era of peace--> Pax Romana (207 years) expanded Roman empire further into Africa, set up civil service to run government/empire died of natural causes The Emperors Tiberius amazing general, reluctant emperor death of son--> exiled himself from Rome and left prefects in charge Caligula ruled only 4 years, very cruel and extravagant--an insane tyrant! assassinated by Senators, praetorian guards, and the imperial court trying to re-establish the empire Claudius suffered from many infirmities took over because last adult male in the family ruled well, built roads, canals, started conquest against Britain died by poisoning from w...

Next week, I will be taking the short answer portion of the Ancient Rome test from 1:25-2:15 on June 2. Poor plebs Rome hopes for two things: bread and circuses bread = free grain from the state, entertainment (Circus Maximus, Colosseum) both keep them alive, quiet, docile and distracted A change in rule Tiberius Gracchus recognized the advantages of courting plebeians --> unsuccessful mil generals lead army that conquers land, give them a share of the spoils soldier's loyalty was to mil leader, not Republic Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C) conquered huge territory of Gaul, made common folks happy, friends w/ Pompey and Crassus--> formed First Triumvirate "crossing the Rubicon": crossing the point of no return serves as consul, governor of Gaul--> Pompey jealous--> JC's armies crash w P's in Greece, Asia, Spain, and Egypt (JC winning) 44 B.C. --> named dictator granted citizenship to people in provinces, expanded the senate, created jobs for the poor, in...

For my essay topic, I chose option B: Analyze the factors that contributed to the fall of the Roman Republic.

Republic Collapses large estates--> small farmers find it hard to compete, most farmers sold their farms and became homeless brothers Tiberius and Gaius (tribunes)--> tried to help the poor, senators felt threaten by their ideas, both died violent deaths military--> generals start to seize power for themselves, now a military leader (w troops) could take over by force Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey join forces, JC elected consul, dominated Rome as a triumvirate  Caesar: appointed himself governor of Gaul, Pompey ordered Caesar to come home, Caesar doesn't listen, defeats Pompey's army, named dictator for life, dies in 44 B.C. governed as an absolute ruler granted Roman citizenship to many people in the provinces  expanded the senate created jobs started colonies After Caesar's death--> civil war--> Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus formed the Second Triumvirate Oct forces Lep to retire, Oct and Mark are now rivals, Oct accuses Mark of...

The Punic Wars were fought between 264-146 B.C. The Punic Wars were three wars fought by Rome and Carthage. The first Punic War started in 264 B.C and ended in 241 B.C. This war consisted of lots of naval battles for control of the island of Sicily. After almost 20 years of battle, Rome wins. The second Punic War started in 218 B.C. and ended in 201 B.C. In this war, a young Carthaginian general named Hannibal ALMOST takes Rome! He does this by attacking Rome from the north after crossing Iberia (modern day Spain) and the Alps. He laid siege to much of the peninsula for 15 years, but he could never get to Rome. Rome wins the second Punic War. Finally, the third Punic War began in 149 B.C and ended in 146 B.C. Rome wanted to once and for all remove the threat of Carthage. Scipio, Tiberius Gracchus, and many others attacked Carthage. After the attack, Carthage burned for 17 days and everything was destroyed. After the war, the last 50,000 people in the city were sold into slavery. The re...

Slides 9-12 : Tarquin was an Ancient Roman tyrant. However, his rise to the top is a complex story. His grandfather, the fifth king, died and his widow appointed Servuis Tullias king. His daughters marry two brothers (one is Tarquin) and one daughter kills her husband and her other sister. Now, she is free to marry Tarquin. Tullia then tells Tarquin that he should seize the throne for himself. Tarquin has Servuis Tullias assassinated and then Tullia drives her chariot over her father's corpse. Later, Tarquin's son and others are drinking while Tarquin's son tries to force himself on a matron. He blackmails her and she eventually commits suicide. The people of Rome rose up against the son and his father, and had the whole family expelled from Rome. The people of Rome suddenly did not want a king anymore. Slides 13-22: Because of the whole Tarquin situation, Romans decided that they did not want a king. Kings were replaces by consuls. The consuls consisted of two elected of...

Etruscans --> came from north-central part of the peninsula metalworkers, artists, architects myths: Virgil's Aeneid , Remus and Romulus Greeks --> many colonies around Med Sea, Romans borrowed ideas from them religious beliefs  alphabet art military techniques and weaponry Latins--> descendants of Indo-Europeans, settled on the banks of the Tiber situated so trading ships could navigate as far as Rome commercial port, not susceptible to attack, built on 7 hills Remus wanted Aventine, Romulus chose Palatine marshy area called Forum between Palatine and Cap Hills largest ancient drain: Cloaca Maxima Lucius Tarquinias Superbus --> final king of Rome tyrant 

When I first opened my computer this morning to see what assignments I had for today, I thought that it would be like any other day. But, I was wrong! I opened my email and saw that Mr. Schick had made a song! I thought this was really cool and unique. I am sad that I was not able to see him preform live. I know it probably took a long time for Mr. Schick to come up with the lyrics and put the song together and I really appreciate that he did this! When I finished listening, I couldn't believe what I had just heard. The song was funny and contained lots of things that we have learned about. There are some things on the song that we haven't learned about yet, but I'm sure that we will get there soon. There is one part of the song that I really liked:   23 stab wounds in his chest, He saw his friend and he raised one last protest, “ Et tu, Brute? ” ( Et tu, Brute? ) I really liked these lyrics because a few months ago in English class, we read Julius Caesar by William Shakesp...

Before written law in Ancient Rome, the patricians made the rules. These "laws" could change whenever the patricians wanted them to change. Although there were no official laws, the rules that the patricians enforced were the closest thing the Romans had to real laws. The lower class, known as the plebeians, revolted and eventually got the patricians to write down the laws. The plebeians forced the creation of a written law code! Then, in 451 B.C., a group of ten officials began writing down Roman laws. The Twelve Tables were written. The Twelve Tables listed customary laws that the Romans had to follow, or else, there would be punishments. For example, there was information about punishments for grazing in someone else's field, and even information about the death penally just for singing a song about someone else! Originally, these laws were carved on wooden tablets up for public display in the Forum and eventually, they were written on bronze. These tables later became...

This structure is called the Basilica of Constantine. The Basilica of Constantine was originally named the Basilica of Maxentius. The construction of the building first began with the emperor Maxentius and was finished by Constantine in 312 AD. It is located in Rome, Italy. It was the largest building in the Forum and the last Roman basilica built in the city. The basilica had a huge open space in the central nave. Something unique about this structure is that it was built using arches. Most basilicas during this time were built with columns to support the ceiling. The Basilica of Constantine also featured a folded roof which decreased the overall weight of the structure and decreased the horizontal forces exerted on the outer arches.