Maddy's Western Civ 2018

Today in class we had our test. And being perfectly honest I was not prepared or ready for it. I was up till 12 studying and half falling asleep, so now I am glad that it is over with. Well, luckily, it was open blog, which was a LIFE SAVER. Literally, it saved my grade, I hope! I don't know if he did it just because it was Jillians birthday or because he was just feeling nice but I really appreciated it! So ya, I didn't think it was to too terribly hard but it was reasonable.

Today in class we took a lot of notes, and now we have a test tomorrow. Just wonderful. The following information is the notes that we took during class. Here is what I got: Caesar Reforms:  -Granted citizenship to people in provinces -expanded the senate and added his friends -created jobs for the poor, especially the republic work projects -increase pay for soldiers  -started colonies were those without land could own property  Assassination:  -Why? The senators saw Caesars rise in power as a huge threat to their political viability. -How? They lured him into the senate hall stabbed him 23 times, and they were all involved in it. -Who? Senators and Brutus, who was Caesars ally. -The senators were not punished -Octavian was named Julius Caesars sole heir. -This was THE END OF THE REPUBLIC Octavians Reign: -Julius Caesars grand nephew and adopted son: Octavian takes over at the age of 18 -Makes the second triumvirate -Mark Antony is an experienced

Today in class, well honestly I don't know what happened because I wasn't there because I had left for a lacrosse game. But, I still got the notes!!!!! they made bread and held circuses to distract the plebians and keep them from a revolt Tiberius Gracchus recognized the advantages of courting the plebians (even though he was 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 julius Caesar (100-44 BC) a highly successful general  he conquered the territory of Gaul  he made the common folks happy, orator 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 men formed the First Triumvirate "rule of three men" "crossing the Rubicon" when you have made a d

Today in class, Kelsie finally brought food! So yay that was good. Then we took some notes. The following information is the notes that I took in class. 5000 soldiers, not in itfor pay (not yet) the roman army's elite heavy infantry recruited exclusively from roman citizens   group of 80 is a century on horseback is cavalry shield, sword, dagger, and armor and tunic The Punic Wars (264-146 BCE) rome vs. carthage 3 wars   First Punic War  naval battles from control of the strategically located island of Sicily rome wins  Second Punic War (218-201 BCE) 29-year-old Carthaginian general Hannibal almost does the impossible: taking rome attacks rome from the north after crossing Iberia (spain) and the Alps lays seige to much  of the peninsula for 15 years, but he can never get to rome third and final Punic war (149-146)  rome wanted to finally remove the threat of carthage scipio, Tiberius Gracchus, and others mercilessly attacked the city carthage was burn

Today in class we didn't take a lot of notes. It was more of a discussion based class. But here are some of the notes that we did go over. Legal code - Rome/US  Twelve Tables - Rome  publicly displayed  gave rights to Plebeians  not just aristocrats  only protected free born male citizens  not women  Bill of Rights  first ten amendments to the constitution  freedom of speech/press/religion  right to bear arms  no quartering  no search  no self incrimination  right for fair trial  jury trial  no cruel punishment  right to privacy  states have power 

Today in class we kept taking notes on Ancient Rome. Today we did more contrast things, between Ancient Rome and The United States. The similarities and the differences that we have between them. The notes below is the information that I gathered in class today.  res publica  the people's affairs  brand new republic ready to run  democracy (the people's assemblies and the tribunes) aristocracy (the senate, approximately 300 members)  plus monarchy  it was not a tyranny (a mistake the Romans did not want to repeat)  originally the United States modeled their new government on the model used by the Ancient Romans both have a legal code  three branches of government executive  legislative  judicial