Today in West Civ class we watched a Video. The video was about this leader named something with an N. He was a very crazy man but he made Rome beautiful. But he got really crazy and started stealing stuff from the temple so he could afford the marble. He wanted to make a 22 foot statue of him. The senate wanted to kill him but then he found out brought them in and made them tell the truth or they die. Then a guy put salt in another guys eye it was nasty. Then he stabbed 2 guys then the bell rang. It got really intense then it ended.

today in class we took notes. Et tu, Brute was Ceaser last words according to Shakespear. His grand nephew took over named Octavious. Switched from a republic to an empire.Started to change over Julius Ceaser's time. Octavian A.K.A Caesar Augustus The first emperor. Means honorific. Nearly a god to them. Took over at the age of 18. Known as the first emperor. begins this long period called the Pax Romana- a period of peace and prosperitity. Buitl roads, aqueducts (brought water to the citites). Set up civil service to take care of roads, the grain supply, even a postal service. He died at age 76 in A.D. 14, and passes power to Tiberius. Jesus was a roman citizen and a practicing Jew. At 30 he began his ministry (A.D. 31-33), preaching to the poor ( and there were lots of them) in the empire, and reaching out to outsiders. Statements like "My kingdom is not of this world" made the romans (and the jews) nervous, and they began to plan his execution The governor of the Roman province of Judaea, Pontius Pilate (prompted by Jewish high priests), sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion. Paul is the instrumental in telling the world about Jesus' life, death, resurrection and message. He travels far and wide: Cyprus, Anatolia, Athens, Corinth, Macedonia, Rome, Jerusalem, and maybe even Spain and Britain. He writes letters to many of those he spoke to- these epistles are a part of the New Testament. If not for the efforts of Paul, it is likely that Jesus remains an obscure preacher, instead of the central figure of the world's largest religion.

Today in West civ class we watched a show about Cesar and took some notes about it. Gaul 52 BC: a fight has broken out between Gaul's and Romans, Romans used arrows as an weapon and also a sword. The Romans ended up winning the war. But... Caesar wanted to more thats what he told his soliders and then the show ended. It was a very good show but also very violent. Caesar was one of the only leaders that actually fought with his men in the wars. He seemed like a very good leader. From what i watched he was very confident and seemed like a trustworthy leader.

Today in West Civ class we underlined notes. Mr. Schick told us what was important and we underlined it. We underlined a lot of stuff but it was good info. Hopefully when the test comes around for this i will do swell.

Today in West Civ class groups continued to present. We went yesterday and hopefully we did well. the people who went today did well. I really hope we do well.

Today in West Civ class we took the test. I thought i did well but it turned out i didn't do that well. I will tudy the next time and make sure that i will do well.

Today in West Civ class we took notes.
- The Roman Legion- Their army/cops
- Divided into smaller unites
- 1 legion was 5,000 people
- The main reason people joined it is because they needed to make money
- Group of 80 was called a century, kind of like a phalnax
- Guys on foot were infantry
- Were no woman in roman army
- Guys on horseback were called cavalry
- Many adventures for having horses, moves faster, easier to kill
- Had shields, swords, daggers, armour and tunic
-Sicily was the 1st Punic War
- 2nd= Hannibal attacked Rome
-3rd= Romans attacked Carthage
- When Men left woman took care of everything
- Latitundia- Great estate
- Gracchus were both tribunes, went to senate and said you should not be punished for fighting and war and have our land taken away from us, all they wanted was some of their land back
- Assembly passed a law saying the rich need to give some of their land back
- Then they killed one of the brothers and a civil war started

Today in West Civ class we went over the rubric fro our project. Zack, Matt, and I are cooking cookies or whatever we can make that will be good. We will be working on it during the break and look foward to doing well. We will be looking foward to getting a good grade.

West civ

Etruscans- set up their cities into a grid section. Rome were master road builders, before Romans made these roads it was just dirt beaten down. Made brick roads, they made it for the soldiers so they have a easier pathway to the opponent.  Had people fight each other till the death for entertainment for the people. Distracted people form the down times in their life. Arch helped them to get water into the town.  Colosseum in Rome was used for animals to fight against humans sometimes with armor sometimes not. Flooded the main field of play so they could re act the wars they had on water. Plebians were the lowest and had no power grew food, ran shops, Patricians= bank, hot stuff, lots of money and babes. The senate were Patricians, the wealthy ones, there were 300 senators. 12 tables were basically the first laws written down. It evens the playing field because now they have something to stand by. Plebians found out they had rights and more say than they ever did, Assembly was the Senate for Plebians. If you were elected to the assembly your were called a tribune. Eventually they could veto laws. Democracy regular people assembly. Monarchy were the 2 consuls they had 2 so they could keep an eye on each other. Aristocracy was the senate. If things got really bad like war or crisis they would give 1 person all power called dictator. Only dictator for 6 months just to get you through the crisis. Consusls only had power for a year and they could run again 10 years later.  

The main people in the Punic wars was the Romans and the Carthage. The romans won everytime and took over the Western Mediterrian

Today in West Civ class we got to work on our projets. We are cooking and we researched some stuff to do. We are going to go over Matt's house to cook. Were going to try our stuff first to see if it's good so we don't kill our classmates. Hopefully we will do well on it.

Today in West civ class Mr.Schick told us what to highlight in our textbook.
- The Romans not only imitated Greek civilization but also improved on it, at least so far as government and warefare were concerned
-They arrived in a Mediterranean land with farming resources that were basically similar to those of Greece or Palestine, but able to support a larger population
- In addition, Italy was situated astride the Mediterranean
- The Indo-Europeans settlers formed various tribal groups, among them the Latin people of central Italy
-Some of the Latins settled near the mouth of the Tiber River
- The Etruscans were non-Indo-European immigrants who arrived in Italy from somewhere  to the east about the 9th century
- The greek city-states had begun to plant colonies in SOuthern Italy as early as the eighth century B.C. and these spread northward up the coast almost to the borders of Latium
- It was from these neighbors that the Latins forst learned the alphabet and gained knowledge of the life og Greek city-states
- The king was advised by a council of elders called the Senate, whose memebers he appointed
- Usually, he chose from among the patricians or "men with fathers"- that is, with fathers who already belonged to this hereditary group of leading families
-When a king died, his successors was chosen by the Senate from among its own members, subject to approval by an assembly of all male citizens.
- The assembly's approval however, was automatic, for apart from the king, it was the Senate and the patricians who dominated the city-state
- Around 500 B.C. Rome overthrew its Etruscan rulers, and the monarchy was also abolished
-Forum= Roman Agora
- The result however, was a system of government that was neither a Greek-style democracy nor an oligarchy, but a mixture of both
-Plebeians- means common people
- Everyone who did not belong to patrician famalies, including workers, small farmers, and even quite wealthy citizens
- In the earliest times of the Republic, the "peoples business" was in practice run by the Senate, an assembly of about 300 heads of patrician families
- 2 among the senators functioned as consuls("colleagues"), wielding for a year at a time the military and governament power that had formerly belonged to the kings.
- On the advice of the Senate, could appoint a dictator, with full power to give oders and make laws for a maximum period of 6 months
- Among the chief complaints of the plebeians was that the lacked legal protection
- About 450 B.C., in response to the plebeians demand, the laws of Rome were set down in writing.
- The new code was said to have been engraved on 12 slabs of wood or bronze and mounted in the chief public square, the Forum, for all to see. they were called the "12 tables"
- Served as the foundation for the elaborate system of roman law that grew up in later centuries
- One of the new bodies, in which residents of the city of Rome predominated, won the rihgt to elect consuls subject to confirmation by the Senate. The other, in which farmers from outside the city had a larger say, began electing their own magistrates, called tribunes. The tribunes eventually gained the power to initiate laws in their assembly and veto laws passed by the senate.
-The separation of powers in The U.S. constitution derives ultimately from the checks and balances between different branches of government in the Roman city-state
-The senators set long-range policies and made immediate decisions on pressing matters, appointed and instructed the military leaders of the republic, received foreign ambassadors, and concluded treaties. they supervised finances and investigated high crimes
-By the time of the republic, rome had a special relationship with 3 deities
-These deities were the sky-god Jupiter, whom the Romans believed was the same as the Zeus whom nearby Greek city-states worshiped; his consort, the fertility goddess Juno; and Minerva, goddess of skill and wisdom
- The romans shared other values specifically with Greek city-states. these values included the belief that it was the right and duty of the men of the community to fight its wars, and hence also to share in its government; and the community solidarity that came from the fact that high-born as well as low-born citizens bore the burden of war.
- The women of rome no right or duty to share in politics and government, and that women needed guardians for all legal transactions- "because of their light-mindedness," as the 12 tabels declared
-Instead of devoting his life directly to the city state as in Sparta, a Roman man belonged first of all to a family and a clan. Clans and families, in turn, were held together by fathers- in particular by men who had the status of paterfamilias or "Family father"
-The paterfamilias wielded unlimited power-including the power of life and death- over everyone in his household, as well as over sons and daughters who left his household upon marriage. Only his wife might not be completely subject to him- if she was still subject to the authority of her own father
-Motherhood, too, was revered in Rome. A married woman bore the title of matron in latin matrona or lady mother. Her "Juno" the divine force of fertility and nourishment that she embodied- was worshiped in the houehold alongside her husband's genius. She was supposed to live in subordination to her husband, but through strength of personality and authority with her menfolk, she was also expected to contribute to the community as well as the family. The founding myth of the republic itself told how rome's uprising against its Etruscan king began when a matron, Lucretia, was raped by the king's son and killed herself
- Women were expected to help make sure that men had the qualities they needed to keep the republic strong

Today in West Civ class we took some notes about the rap that Mr.Schick made. He basically got into detail with most of the song. I wrote down a lot of notes but i forgot my notebook in school. Then we went over the test. I did not do so well on it but I promise i will do a lot better on he next.

Today in west civ class Mr.Schick was rapping about rome. He did a great job. Then we talked about our project about rome. We can do it with anyone. I think im gonna do it with J.P. i believe. If i do it with him we will do a great job together.