Cleopatra 

Julius 

Julius being stabbed

the Tiber river

Circus Maximus

Rome

Rome senate house 

Roman Legion 

Hannibal on a elephant 

Brutus

 crassus

pompey

Octavian

gladiators in ancient Rome

map of pax romana

Today

Today in class we took another pop quiz and went over the homework .

class

Today in class we went over our homework and had a little 10 question pop quiz , it was easy and Rome is very interesting. Mr.Shick seems to be feeling a lot better already !


 Consul: A consul is like a king in that he commanded armies and directed the government.  Rome had two and they could only rule for one year and not be elected again for ten years.
Veto: Means “I forbid” and is a way to overrule another consuls decisions.

Senate: Was the aristocratic branch of Rome’s government.

Assembly: Was the democratic side of Rome’s government.  It consisted of all the citizen-soldiers of 

Rome.

Dictator: Only used in times of crisis, a dictator had absolute power to make laws and command the

army.  Their power only lasted six months.  They were chosen by the consuls and elected by the

senate.

Mercenary: Soldiers who fight for a country for pay.

Today

Today in class was a lot of fun. Instead of watching a movie though we read a little article because we are starting Rome. There is a few questions that need to be answered below. BTW feel better mr.shick.

• Patrician - specially privaleged families; they dominated Roman cities, rich person. upper class 
• Plebian - free citizans with rights, including voting, rich powerful people
• Legion - a big  military of 4,000-6,000 soldiers
• Century - 100 years
• Republic - political unit, not ruled by a monarchy, where citizans have the right to vote
• Gravitas - discipline strength and loyalty 
• Pater Familias - father of the family, owns everything , could kill anyone in family, a lot of power , runs everything 
• Toga - an  garment of clothing. Usually a large wool blanket, 

1. Rome was built on a lot of hills so that helped them when in battle.
2. They were all the big founders , Latins were the first settled the starting then the Greeks for religion and then the Etruscans were last  
3. Honor and respect
4.The households were organized by the women and they did most of the cleaning and cooking.
5.Known as one of the best military's ever.

No class

Today we didn't meet in class , but we do have a test tomorrow.


Friday : The test I felt really good about and think I did great ! Sorry blogger wouldn't let me post another blog so I put it on here ):

Today

Today in class we went over everything for the test wed on Greece. I got a lot of notes and have been studying a lot so I hope I do well !!

test review

• No open notes or blogs 
• Multiple choice and a essay 
• 25-30 multiple choice 
• armies and battles - HOP LITE-Greek soldiers; formation-phalanx; battles, marathon thermo-poly Peloponnese, war was 27 years 
• Spartans won the Peloponnese war
• Athenians were going to build a wall around to the sea
• someone had the plague and got everyone sick a third to 2 thirds dies
• pericles died , most of his advisors , his sons , big part of fighting force 
• pythagoris came up with the right angle circumference 
• euclid came up with geometry
• two mains poets were homer and sapho 
•  tragedy and comedy plays 
• Greeks invented semi circle around the stage in the middle and behind stage was the skene , wall with decoration 
• pericles wanted to make Athens more beautiful , strengthen democracy , glorify Athens , expand empire 
• agora is the center of town where people meet 
• Parthenon it was built by pericles 
• freeze was on the Parthenon with regular types of people type of stone  
• in the middle was a statue of athena to the godess athena build on the acropolos 
• one of the most beautiful buildings it was a doric style first example of doric 
• doric was most basic ionic was fancy Corinthian all out 
• socrates trial socrates was charged with corrupting mind of youth 
• charged with going against the Gods 
• he drank poison hemlock
• Olympics first held in 776 B.C 
• going every four years 
• only free greek men 
• make an oath
• no women could participate but they think one snuck in  
• boxing , wrestling, fighting 
• hoplitodromos having to run in full armor 
• philosophers ; Socrates Plato Aristotle 
• plato was a pupil of Socrates
• Socrates , basing stuff on reason
• Plato found school called the academy 
• 
  
• platos cave 

Today

Today in class we watched a movie on Alexander the Great. It was very much real and showed a lot of gross things !

Today in class

We watched a movie today and took notes on it. It was interesting and I really enjoyed it.

Movie

• Socrates was interested only in the mind
• Revolution far to the east 
• they believe the bodies were gods
• knowledge of the heavens spreading
• first great scientist phellies 
• phellies first man to measure height of pyramid
• stood next to pyramid till shadow the same length of his height
• how to sail at night with the stars light
• Socrates was first urban physatic 
• life spent questioning the 
• could turn convention upside down
• loved the city
• typical Socrates was making him think of things logically
• aways arguing with people
• Socrates freedom of thought
•  THE UNEXAMINED LIVE IS NOT WORTH LIVING 
• Spartans invaded Athenian lands
• wall theory didn't work out
• convinced Athenians to go along with his place
• Pericles didn't know that worse was coming
• plague , a decease torn city apart
• spread like wild fire
• horrible symptoms 
• floating bodies 
• looked smelled terrible and there was terror 
• Spartans burning Athenian farm land
• killed over a third of Athens population
• Pericles died 
• showed one of his friends a charm a woman put on his neck
• after 6 months of illness he died
• Pericles plan only brought decease and death
• Became clear a linchpin of Athens
• anyone who can make people happy wants to rule
• as conflict goes on generals/naval leaders returned to Athens 
• Thrown in to prison
• all generals should be exsacuted for not saving him
• Socrates , stood his ground and said it was the wrong thing to do
• generals were condemed to death by drinking poisonous 
• Athens never had a political leader after Pericles who could think things through
• war between sparta lasta a decade 
• Athenian fleet kept city supplied
• nobody could defeat nobody
• Athens must prove there power
• year of 416 a daring proposal put 
• Athenians were going to help and set out
• wanted to destroy Spartans and become rulers of all Greece
• Athenians threw themselves further 
• soldiers testing equipment
• ships prepares vessels
• invasion set out for Cicily 
• 6 months later word came back 
• campain didnt go as quick as hoped needed reenforcment
• then they had heard no news at all
• 413 B.C a sailor arrived in the city
• needed a haircut
• told barber a tail of a horrible saluter
• story of an army 
• how food and water ran out
• attempted to escape 
• everyone tried to cross river 
• drank dirty water
• all left dead in the water
• over 50000 men killed or were prisoned
• Athens tyrants destroyed 
• motivation is self interested
• Athenians had engaged in a pointless campaign
• Military closed in
• Persians decided to inter vein with Spartans
• Spartans got help from Persians
• could finally polish off the Athens
• Athenians began to starve in the streets 
• turned to the goddess Athena 
• Pericles honored here with a temple before he died 
• goddess couldn't offer help now
• Athens , a population of plague and war , death and suffering
• in 404 B.C Athens gave up to lysander the spartan leader
• great wall was taken down 
• fleet was destroyed
• what remained of Athens was put to the torch with only 12 ships to remain
• no longer ruling the mediteranian
• could achieve great things but not all great things
• took one more thing of violence before they give themselves up to the Spartans 
• humiliated that there empire lost
• search for an enemy
• someone who questioned them
• searched for Socrates
• around him was followers
• Socrates was arrested 
• Socrates trial was held in Athens
• chosen by citizens around him
• Socrates shows no fear
• Socrates setting his life against Athenians
• found him guilty 
• he was still calm 
• taken from court to Athens prison 
• still can see where Socrates was held
• executed by drinking hemlock 
• extremely painful causing paralysis 
• turned to his friends like it was nothing at all
• wanted to wash before he died
• all of his friends broke down in tears but Socrates didn't
• he said to be brave
• as Socrates laid down to die his friends watches in silence
• now in depths of defeat found something new
• most important lesson Socrates left was the need to be critical 
• realized they went to far
• Athens was never again in great power
• instead became a city of study and discussion 
• were students learned to become a world of reasoning
• slowly ideas of greek thinkers became to spread across the world 
• in less then 200 years ancient greeks changed there world and carved an empior 
• science and philosophy , literature and art 
• the greeks tought us how to think
• there achievements still help our world. 

Homer

Was homer a early Greek poet ? true
Lived around when ? around 8th century
Legends say hes blind ? true
Greeks didn't believe fully Homer was real ? true
The Odyssey is a long poem from ancient Greece ? true

Alexanders Conquest

Alexanders formal name was ? Alexander III of Macidonia
Most battles were against who ? Persia
Alexander never lost a battle true or false ? true
Died when ? year of 323 B.C

Todays Class we went over the last two presentations and got cupcakes !

Class

Today we didn't meet in class but were finishing the presentations tomorrow !

Today !!

Today in class we went over about 3 more presentations , they were power points and a rap. So far everyones doing great and im learning a lot. There is two more presentations to go and they are being presented on Wednesday. Im excited to see what I got !

Trial of Socrates

100 % vinny
Why did he die ? sentenced to death
Would he have died to years later anyways ? true
He died for no reason ? true

Ancient Greek battles and armies

100% megan
One of the main formations used for battles was what ? phalanx
Hop-lites were what ? usually citizen-soldiers
Helmets were made of what ? bronze
Used to protect what ? nose cheeks and head and also protected neck
Aspis was also called what ? hoplon

Hellenic Age

100%
Three styles of sculptures are ? severe style highly classical style fourth century style
The peloponnesian war defeated who ? The powerful Athens and weakened Sparta
Alexander the great was tutored by who ? Aristotle

Class time

Today in class we went over a few more reports and i learned a lot. We will probably  finish all the presentations on Monday and have a quiz or test sometime soon. I cant wait to see what i got.

Greek architecture

100
Original system of Greek architecture was what ? doric

earliest and plainest of the three styles

Parthenon was built around when ? the fifth century B.C.

One of the most famous buildings made by the Greeks is what? the parthenon

Golden age or age of pericles

99
When was Pericles born ? 5th century in 495 BC
Born a what ? lion
How did Athenians live? modestly
Religious festivals were what ? panthenaia honored Athena and dionysia God of wine and ecstasy
Who got an education boys or girls? boys
Who opened there own school for philosophy and rhetoric ? Aspasia
When did the golden age start ? 443 B.C.
Pericles three goals were what ? strengthen democracy , expand there empire , make Athens more beautiful

Poetry

100
True of false
poems were in song form sometimes. True
poets did it for just there feelings couldn't make a living. False
was sapho one of the greatest poets of all time ? yes true
when was homer born ? around 8-9 BC

Greek Drama

95
Who was the son of Zeus ? Dionysus
Plays begin with what ? Prologue
Three types of plays are ? Comedy Satyr and Tragedy's
When was the theater at Delphi build ? 4th century BC

Class

Today in class , we did more presentations and they were great. I got to go and I think it went really well. The quiz wasn't to hard and people did great !!

Trial of socrates

Vinny

Philosophers

Tasha , 100%

Aristotle was born into what kind of family? aristocratic
What is western philosophy ? the thought and work of the western world and how it differs to the eastern world
How did people say Aristotle died ? A disease
Socrates encourages his students to examine their beliefs

Parthenon

95% Hayley

Designed by who ? Phidias
Statue of who inside ? Athena
Finished being build-ed when ? 438 b.c

Math and Science

90%
Who was the best in Greek astronomy ? Ptomely
Who invented geometry? Euclid
Who figured out pie ? Greeks

class

today in class we went over two more presentations and i got to try some new food , it was great !

The olympics

85%
What were the Olympic games held in honor of ? Zeus
When was the first games ?
There was a penthalon consisting of ? Wrestling , stadion, long jump, jevelin throw, and discus throw.

Greek Art

95%
What does Greek art consist of ?
What was the Corinthian order named after ?
What style was the Parthenon? Doric order
Panel painting Wall painting and Polychromy painting
Black white red and yelow were most commonly used.

today

Today we didn't have class and tomorrow in class we are going to go over more presentations.

Projects

Today in class we started to go over people presentations and we got to eat cake and cupcakes. We have to write down three questions about each subject to maybe make up a test .

Questions on presentations

 Pelopennisien War 90%
When did the Pelopennisien War start ?
Who was it between ?
Where did the war take place ?
Who won the war ?