4/30

Today in class we took notes :
Etruscans
came from the north-central part of the peninsula
metal workers, artists, architects
two foundation myths: Vigil's Aeneid (Where Aeneas escapes from Troy), plus the story of Remus and Romulus
What we know about them mainly comes from their paintings
Greeks

-They had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea

-Romans borrowed ideas from them, such as:

  -Religious beliefs

  -Alphabet

 Much of their art

 -Military techniques and weaponry

But who first settled there?

The Latins

-Descendants of Indo-Europeans

-Settled on the banks of the Tiber

-Situated so trading ships – but not war fleets – could navigate as far as Rome

-A commercial part, but not susceptible…

They drained a swamp

-Many streams flowed into the Tiber

-There was a marshy area called the Forum, between Palentine and Capitoline Hill

-Tarquin the Proud’s grandfather built the Cloaca Maxima (largest ancient drain), which channeled water into the Tiber

Tarquin

-Lucius Tarquinias Superbus

-The seventh and final king of Rome

-Known as Tarquin the Proud (sometimes referred to as Tarquin the arrogant)

-A true tyrant, in the old and modern sense of the word

-The people’s shock at the horrible behavior of Tarquin’s son and this horrible family made them never want to be subject to the rule of kings ever again – this was an attitude that lasted for centuries

4/29

Today in class Gabby and i researched some things to write on our trifold, about the roman forum.

Class Today

Circus Maximus: 

• In the Circus Maximus, attendance was free.  Anyone could attend.
• The Circus Maximus was not the only place to race chariots in the Roman Empire, but it was the biggest and best. 
• The Roman Place to race chariots and horses
• Almost 250,000 people could be seated in the Circus Maximus.

http://www.ancient.eu/Circus_Maximus/

Colosseum:  

• The Coliseum in Rome has over 80 entrances and can accommodate about 50,000 spectators.
• 500,000 people lost their lives and over 1,000,000 animals were killed during the making of the colosseum. 
• was used to events, and was also fed throughout the show
• The Ancient Romans would sometimes flood the Colosseum and have miniature ship naval battles inside as a way of entertainment.

aqueducts: 

• they still stand today, even a thousand days later
• Aqueducts enable many cities in the United States to obtain water from a considerable distance.
• The flow in aqueducts is ordinarily by means of gravity, although pumps are often used.
• The great and highly advanced Roman waterway system known as the Aqueducts, are among the greatest achievements in the ancient world.

Roman Forum:

• one of the most visited sites in the world today
• political, administrative, religious centre of ancient rome
• the roman forum shows remains from several centuries, due to roman practice of building over earlier ruins
• there were actually many forums in ancient rome however the inclusion of the senate house to the site made roman forum the most  important of them all. 

4/24

Today in class Gabby and i decided on what we were going to do for our project. We are going to build and do a poster on the roman forum.

4/23

Today in class we went over the Lyrics Mr.Schick put in the song. He explained the lyrics to us.

4/22

Today in class we took more notes. And Mr. Schick rapped to us a song about Rome.

4/20

Today in class we took notes.

City State and Empire: The Roman Republic

   Italy and Its People

-       Indo-European tribes moved into the Italian peninsula and some settled along the Tiber River creating the city-state known as Rome

-       The Etruscan people, originally from the east, had settled in the north of Italy and were also influenced by the Greek’s settlements to their south and learned the alphabet and city-state organization from them

Remus and Romulus – brothers

-       Mother: Ria Sylvia and Mars, a god, had an affair and had the boys

-       The twins were abandoned to die in the river

-       The River carried them to safety

-       She-wolf took care of them

-       A Shepard and his wife eventually “adopted” them

-       Both grew up to be leaders

-       They had an argument over where their land would be

-       Romulus killed Remus because of the argument

City State and Empire: The Roman Republic

 The Roman Republic: The Senate and the People

-       Originally, Rome was a monarchy on the Etruscan model with a council of elders called the “Senate”

-       C. 500 B.C., the Romans overthrew their monarchy and established a “Republic”

-       Since the Senate was populated only by patricians (aristocratic men), the plebeians (ordinary citizens) fought for a vote in Rome’s government

-       Each year the Senate elected two rules, “consuls,” who each served a term of one year

-       As in the Greek City-States, the Romans would appoint a single dictator in times on war or conflict

City State and Empire: The Roman Republic 

   The Roman Republic: The Senate and the People

-       Eventually the plebeians gained power in the Senate by electing their own magistrates called “tribunes”

  In 450 B.C.,  the laws of Rome were codified and written into the “Twelve Tablets”

The “mixed” government of patricians and plebeians had many of the checks and balances that modern democracies have today

4/17

Today in class we found out we have another project. The project has to do something with Rome. Gabby is my partner, we are not completely sure what we are doing for our project yet. I am hoping this project can help my grade.

4/16

Today in class we watched this weird video. The video was about people that are prisoners trapped in a cave. One man was released and he was very shocked when he realized all that he has been seeing his life was shadows.

4/15

Today in class we talked about our essays we all did. Mr. Schick talked about our mistakes on the essay and told us some tips to do while writing a paper.

4/13/15

Today in class, Gabi , Gabby and I got our greece project back. We got a 91. I was very proud of our group. We also went over the last test we took.

4/1

Today Mr Schick was back in class. I was very nervous for the Greece test. I hope my group gets a good grade on our project, i am hoping that will help my grade.