Claire's Western Civ Blog

- 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

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

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.

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

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

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.

- The Etruscans settled in Ancient Rome from the north-central part of peninsula - they were metal workers artists architects - Greeks also settled here (had colonies along Mediterranean) - Roman borrowed Greek ideas (religious beliefs, alphabet, art, military techniques, weapons) - The first people to settle in Rome were the Latins - they were descendants of Indo- Europeans - The Latins settled on the banks of the Tiber river for better trade(commercial port, not for attacks/war) was built on 7 hills - streams flowed into the Tiber river - the Forum was a marshy area located between palatine and Capitoline Hills - Tarquin the Proud's grandfather built the largest ancient drain channeling water into the tiber called the Cloaca Maxima - Lucius Tarquinias Superbus was the seventh and final king of Rome - also known as Tarquin the proud or sometimes Tarquin the Arrogant - He was a true tyrant

I'll just start by saying, it was actually a good song, it had so much information about Rome and it seems like it was so hard to put together each line, having it rhyme and flow together. I feel like most songs that teachers make for students always use songs like these, and this one was actually kind of informing while also laughable. It was definitely funny and wasn't expecting it to be so long but it is a very clever way of helping us to remember about Ancient Rome.

The Twelve Tables were basically a set written laws set in place on 12 bronze tablets. This was a new way and approach to how laws were made and passed and ended up becoming the basis for Roman law. Ten officials would with each law down on one of the bronze tablets, and then hung them up in forum for the citizens to see. This was a very big deal for the plebeians because the whole idea of this was so that citizens were all treated equally and all of the free citizens had the right to be protected by the law.

This is a Pantheon, it was a former Roman temple which is now used as a Catholic Church. The Pantheon is known as one of the most preserved pieces of architecture in Ancient Rome. It was built in 113-125 AD and when it was built, the structure of the temple was seen as unique, but then later became a standard and more popular structure.