Blogger sucks

well i haven't been able to do my blogs on Monday or Tuesday but Monday was my birthday and we didn't have class and Tuesday we didn't either. We had class on Wednesday and reviewed for the quiz we had today !

Today

Today in class we got to sit outside and learn it was a lot of fun !!

Diocletian - was a Roman emperor, who tried to rebuild the once succesfull empire but failed

Constantine - a yound Roman commander who inspired christianity to become a religion in Rome

eastern empire - what Diocletian named the Latin-speaking part of Rome, wealthier than the western empire

Western empire - what Diocletian named the Greek - peaking portion of Rome, was also far less weathly than the eastern empire

Edict of Milan - a speech given by Constantine in Milan, " both to the Christians and to all men freedom to follow the religion that they choose."

Constantinople - the capitol of the western Roman empire, during Constantine's rule

Huns - and extremly aggressive group of bararians, feared by even the Germanic people

Attila - the cheif of the Huns. He was violent and feared by many, and he sacked 70 cities in the east. A bishop names Leo I was the only person to have ever stopped him

Leo I - a Christian bishop who stopped Attila the Hun from destroying Rome completely



Questions: 

class

Today in class we turned in our papers and went over our tests. We got a handout to read , and have homework tonight.

blogs !

Bloggers being so weird on my computer and wont let me post new ones so this is Friday Monday Tuesday .

On Friday we had a sub and worked on our papers the whole time.
On Monday we gave our papers to a partner and they edited them for us !
We didn't have class on Tuesday !

Today in class we took and test , and got assigned the essay question. Its worth 100 points and I need to do really well.

No class today !

todaaaaaaaaay

todaaaaaay

today in class we went over a power point and are having a test sometime this week !

No class

We didn't have class today , but tomorrow will be a long class !!

Class

Today in class we went over our quiz's . We are finishing tomorrow !

Power Points

Today in class we had to present our power points. They were all really good and I think everyone should pass !


FRIDAY , blog wouldn't make a new one sorry !!
took a test !

todaaaaayy

Today we worked more on our power points and were turning them in tomorrow.

no clas

Today we didn't meet in class , but our power points are due tomorrow !

class time

Today in class we got to get into groups and we were all assigned a paragraph of the rap. My group is Sam and Alena and we got the 6 paragraph. This is due Wednesday !

 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 !!