Nero 

Today in class we watched a video about the emperor Nero. Nero thought that if he ruled like a god he would become a god. Nero was an insane man. He had an amazing idea to build Rome back up into a bigger better city but money was running low so he robbed temples. He was very into art and believed in art instead of war. He was very civil in the beginning but the power of becoming immortal was overtaking him.  

No Class 

Today I wan't in class. I had a doctors appointment. 

Julius Caesar 

• Ruled over a quarter of the people in the planet
• Gaul vs. Romans
• Alesia, Gaul 52 BC
• Titus Labienus and Mark Antony
• General of Caesar's army
• Quarter of a million Gaul's vs. 45,000 Romans
• Gaius Cratinus
• Veteran Centurion
• The Calvary trapped the Gaul's who trapped them
•  the Romans were victorious
• The war was just the beginning
• Caesar was a powerful politician

Projects 

Today in class we saw two projects. Carly, Ellie, and Hailey made three different types of food. None of them tasted that great. Jevan, Zach, and Matt also made food. They made a honey cake and it was pretty good. I wouldn't want to live in ancient Rome. They don't have good food. 

Rome

Roman Legion

• The army
• Divided into smaller units
• 5,000 people was a legion
• 80 people was a century
• Non romans signed up for the Legion for the money
• Men marching on foot were the infantry
• Men on horseback were the cavalry 

Latifundia - a Latin word for Greek estate

Two brothers, Gracchus

• The poor is getting poorer
• The rich is getting richer
• The middle class is becoming poor
• They say to the rich people to give the soldiers some land back
• Got a law passed that the rich had to give some of the land back
• The rich people attacked Tiberius Gracchus with chairs and threw his body in the Tigris River

Rome

Etruscans

• Made their cities with a grid system
• Made lots of brick road work
• Started Gladiator fighting
• Gladiator fighting distracted poor people
• Created the arc

Roman Government

• Democracy, Aristocracy, and monarchy mixed together
• The plebeians had no power
• The Patricians were the wealthy people
• The twelve tables were the first laws
• The plebeians has more rights after the twelve tables
• The assembly was representation for the plebeians
• If you were elected to the assembly you were a tribune
• Had two councils (monarchy)
• You were only a council for one year
• If things went  badly wrong one person would have all the power, a dictator
• The dictator would only dictate for 6 months  

Punic Wars

Who fought in the three Punic wars and who won them?

Carthage and Rome

1st - Rome

2nd - Rome

3rd - Rome 

Project 

Today in class we talked about our projects. Me and Jasmine are building a Roman coliseum with clay. 

Braces 

Today I wasn't in class. I left to get braces. 

Romans 

• on the shores of the river Tiber
• settled in the middle of the peninsula
• thought they were the chosen ones
• two babies raised by a she wolf founded Rome
• Remus
• Romulus
• Rome is named after Romulus
• the first to settle were the Latin's
• then the Etruscans and the Greeks
• drained a swamp and built on it
• Remus the Proud
• dictator
• was ostracized by the Romans
• the very last king from Rome
• formed a new government by putting Democracy, Aristocracy, Monarchy in one
• consuls had the most Power
• Plebeians were the common people
• the word republic came from the Latin word respublica 

Rome

Today in class Mr. Schick rapped a song about Rome because Rome is the next lesson we are learning about. We also talked about a future project we will present.