Pop Quiz

Today in class we took a pop quiz on Rome, then we got the rest of class to work on our projects that are due next week.

Students teaching

Today in class Mr. Schick let the students teach, so four people got up and started presenting the Rome power point. It was really funny, but also interesting. I liked it because it was a change from the same thing we usually do, which is take notes from the slide. Sometimes we may understand it better if we share and talk about it to the class.

Rome video

Today in class we watched a video about Rome and Tiberius. Tiberius wanted to speak for the poor people, the rich people were taking their land; leaving them with nothing. Octavious was supposed to be Tiberius' friend but ended up going against him. Vetoing the one thing TIberius wanted for the people. When the senate saw Tiberius was gaining power, they started lying to the people; telling them that Tiberius was not going to help them and wanted to be King of Rome. Tiberius wanted to run for Trbune again but you can only run for 1 year. He tried breaking the law running again, to prove to the people that he can help them. In the summer, it was time for another election. The senate murdered him that day, throwing his body in the Tiber river.

Project day

Today since Mr. Schick was not in class, we had an opportunity to work with our group to discuss our projects in more detail. Since the due date is slowly approaching, Dimitra and I need to start gathering information to make our power point and construct our model of the Pantheon. We have already started the power point and will be completing the model this week!

absent

I was not in school today because my allergies were terrible.

Rome vs. U.S - Government

Today in class we were comparing the government of Rome to the United States. The United States government is based off the Roman one, although many of the ideas are the same we have changed them to make the laws equal. 

Executive - Rome                      Executive - U.S 

- two counsels                            - president (and VP)

- one year term                           - four year term 

- veto power                               - veto proposed laws

- controls military                      - commander-in-chief

- could appoint a dictator

Legislative - Rome                       Legislative - U.S

- Senate: 300 people                     - Senate: 100 Senators. six year terms 

- Assembles: members for life     - House of Representatives: 435 members, two year terms

Judicial - Rome                                      Judicial - U.S

- Praetors                                                - Supreme Court 

- Chosen by the Centuriate assembly    - Nine members

- One year terms                                    - Appointed by the President, confirmed by the senate            

                                                               - lifetime terms

Rome - Punic Wars

Today in class we took more notes on Rome from the power point in class. We talked a lot about the wars Rome fought in. They fought in three Punic wars, the first was from (264 -241 BCE) and Rome won. The second war was from (218 -201 BCE) this was when Hannibal tried to attack Rome from the North, but did not succeed in getting there. The third, and final Punic War was from (149 - 146 BCE) The Romans got tired of the Carthaginians and wanted them to be destroyed. The finally took everything from them, including their 50,000 slaves back to Rome. If Carthage would have entered into Rome. Things would have been a lot different now, Hannibal would have changed history.