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Dear Future Self

Dear 50-year-old self,             As I’m writing this, it is Tuesday June 2 nd , 2020 and I am 15 years old. I turn 16 this year, and it’s crazy to think about how much I’ve been through and witnessed these past years. This year has been filled with so much sadness and suffering and it’s hard to wrap my head around what is happening all around me. Last summer, the summer before freshmen year, one of the best summers I’ve had in a while is when everything completely changed. It is the last week of school and I will officially be through with my first year of high school, it feels like just yesterday I was in 8 th  grade, sitting at my desk thinking, wow, I’m going to be in high school next year. This year has definitely been one that I will never forget. 2020 is halfway over and it isn’t exactly going how I hoped. On March 11 th , COVID-19 (Corona Virus) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Everything escalated quickly from there. On March 13 th , we were le
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slides 43-52

- Julius Caesar's grandnephew/ adopted son Octavian takes over at age 18 - has his own triumvirate (2nd one) - MarkAntony: experienced general - Lepidus: powerful politician - forces Lepidus to retire - becomes rivals with Mark Antony - Mark Antony became partners with Cleopatra of Egypt (militarily, personally, politically, economically) - Octavian defeated them at the battle of Actium - Octavian became unchallenged ruler of Rome (on his own) - given honorable name "Augustus" meaning "Exalted One" - Also given the title "imperator" which is a supreme military commander - Rome is now an empire not a Republic - ruled as an emperor for 40 years from 27 BC to AD 14 - began stable era of peace and prosperity known as Pax Romana(Roman Peace) - Pax Romana was 207 years long from 27 BC to AD 180 Accomplishments: - expanded Roman Empire further into Africa - set up civil service to run government and empire - built network of roads - collect
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Test and slides 32-42

On June 2nd my class will be taking the Ancient Rome test from 8:00- 8:55am. Slides 32-42 - Juvenal (a poet) says Rome "anxiously hopes for two things: bread an circuses" - bread being free grain and circus being entertainment to keep them distracted and quiet about the thought go revolting - Tiberius Gracchus realized that courting the plebeians might benefit (he was unsuccessful) - military lead an army to conquer land and give them(plebeians) a share of it - soldiers were loyal to the military leader not Rome or the republic - Julius Caesar from 100-44 BCE) was highly successful and conquered a big territory of Gaul - He had a good relationship with the common folks and made many friends like Pompey(general who conquered Syria and Palestine) and Crassus (the richest man in Rome and in history) - Those three people formed the First Triumvirate meaning "rule of three men" - Caesar served as consul for one year and appointed himself governor of gaul - P
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Ancient Rome Essay Section

For the essay portion of the Ancient Rome test, I am going to do, Analyze the factors that contributed to the fall of the Roman Republic.
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The Roman Empire (p. 160-165 notes)

Main idea:  The creation of the Roman Empire transformed Roman government, society, economy, and culture. Why It Matters Now:  The Roman Empire has served throughout history as a model of political organization and control. Terms and Names: civil war- conflict between groups within the same country Julius Caesar- a military leader who joined forces with Crassus, a wealthy Roman, and Pompey, a popular general triumvirate- a group of three leaders Augustus- The name Octavian accepted  when he became the ruler of Rome meaning, "exalted one" Pax Romana- The period of peace and prosperity manning "Roman peace" - problems from Romes increasing wealth and boundaries led to a shakeup in the government and a new political system - gap in social classes, the rich and poor kept growing wider - the slaves captured in wars were forced to work for rich land owners on their farms. - smaller landowners and farmers had to sell their land to the wealthy people because t
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The Punic Wars

The Punic Wars were 3 wars fight between Rome and Carthage that took place from 264- 146 BCE. Rome won the first Punic War, it took place from 264- 241 BCE and was a naval battle, they were fighting for control of Sicily. Rome also won the second Punic War. this war was fought from 218- 201 BCE. Hannibal, who was the general of Carthage hand goal to take down Rome by crossing Spain and the Alps on elephants and attacking them from the North but ends up not defeating them. The final Punic War was fought from 149- 146 BCE and Rome's goal was to completely get rid of Carthage as a threat. Carthage was attacked and burned for 17 days, destroying everything completely. The remaining people in Carthage, 50,000 people, were sold into slavery and Rome took over all of Carthage's territories. The slaves were taken to Italy and with so many slaves in Italy by the second century BCE worked on farms of the rich, small farmers and other people who were in debt lost their land and jobs. The
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Chicagos Guide to Ancient Rome pt 2

We had to look through slides 9-22 on the study guide for Ancient Rome. Slides 9-12 was the first section to look at and it talks about Tarquin and his family and how he was a tyrant, making it terrible for the citizens to live under his rule. He was a bad leader and him and his family later were expelled from Rome and the citizens ended up not wanting to be ruled by kings anymore. Slides 13-22, it focuses on Roman government and compares our government (US) with theirs. It compares the 3 branches, which both Rome and the US have, and the different legal codes, the US being the bill of rights and Romes being the twelve tables. The slides also talk about the differences of the patricians and plebeians and how different their says in the government were.
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