Essay

Today in class we wrote our essay. We had to choose 3 of the essays to write about, I am pretty confident on what I wrote. I hope i get a good grade.

5/27

Today was our test on Rome. I thought it was hard and i should have studied more.

5/22

Today in class we reviewed over notes for the test.

5/21

Today we still reviewed projects. This is the last set of projects.

5/20

Today in class we reviewed other people projects.

5/18

Today in class gabby and i shared our Rome Project.

5/15/15

Today in class we watched a video on Rome and Tiberius Gracchus.

5/14/15

Poor Plebs 

-How do you keep the plebs happy (or at least keep them from revolting)?

-The post Juvenal said the people “anxiously hope for two things: bread and circuses”

-Bread (free grain from the State) and entertainment (Circus Maximus Coliseum), partly to keep them alive, and partly to keep them quiet

A Change in Rule

-Tiberius Gracchus recognized the advantages of courting the plebeians (even though he was the ultimately unsuccessful)

-Military generals worked that angle – lead an army that conquers a land, then give them a share in the spoils

-Soldier’s loyalty was to their military leader, not necessarily to Rome or the Republic

Nobody did it better than Caesar

-Julius Caesar (100 – 44 BCE)

-A highly successful general

-He conquered the huge territory of Gaul

-The soldiers were getting rich (from all of Gaul’s money) and so was Caesar

-Made common folks happy

-Made friends in high places

            -Pompey (a general who conquered Syria and Palestine)

            -Crassus (the richest man in Rome, one of the richest men in all history)

-These three men formed the First Triumvirale (“rule of three men”)

5/13/15

Today in West Civ we had a pop quiz. It was hard.

5/11/15

Today in West Civ we watched a video on Rome.

5/8

Today Mr. Schick was not here. Gabby and i worked on our rome project.

5/7

Today Mr.Schicks computer was not working so Gabby and i did more research on our project,

5/6

Today in west civ, we took more notes about Rome.

5/4

Today in class we took notes.

Patricians

Rule of Kings is replaced by rule of two consuls

-Consuls are elected officials

-Term of office: one year

-Always aristocrats (patricians)

-Patricians traced their descent from a famous ancestor or “pater” (father)

-Duties: dealing justice, making law, commanding the army

-One consul could veto the other (reducing the power of the individual)

Plebeians

-Fifth century BCE – Patrician dominance of the government was challenged by the plebs (“people”)

-Plebs were 98% of the population

-How did the Patricians dominate?

            -Plebs had to serve in the army

            -But could not hold office

            -Plebs were threatened with debt slavery

            -Plebs had no legal rights

-Plebs were victims of discriminatory decisions in judicial trials

-Rome had no actual laws, just unwritten customs

-Patricians cold interpret these to their own advantage

So, plebs refused to serve in the military until…

-Laws were written out – The Law of the Twelve Tables

-These laws (on tablets) were posted in public (in 450 BCE)

-Tribunes “tribal leaders” were elected

5/1

Today in class we went to see the 1920's speech, it was juniors who dressed up and acted like they were someone from the 1920's. It was cool to see what they had to say.