Tiberius

• Octavian's adopted son
• took over for Octavian
• forced to divorce and marry emperor
• didn't expect to become emperor
• 
  

Granicus

• nice, young, respected
• tries to fix army

Caligula

• little 2 year old
• called him Bootsie
• dad died-poisoned
• dad was Granicus
• imprisoned his own brothers
• 
  

today in class we watched a movie. we took notes on paper so i don't have any notes to put on here.

Today in class I took the Rome test. I think I did okay on it. After i took the test we went over 2 other tests we just got back.

Today I wasn't in school.

Latifundia

• there were huge socioeconomic effects from the huge change in wealth. the wealthy started latifundia's which were plantations run with slave labor.
• these were cheaper to run and forced farmers to sell their land and move to Rome
• with these latifundia's, the rich kept getting richer and the poor kept getting poorer. of course the rich were happy, powerful, and greedy, but this created a corruption. the poor on the other hand were angry and caused riots.

Gracchus Brothers

• out of these riots, rose the Gracchus brothers.
• these brothers led movements for public good and redistribution of land.
• they also wanted the government to supply food to the poor and create a sort of welfare.
• the Gracchus brothers were soon seen as a threat and were killed along with their followers. this triggered a one hundred year war.

The Rubricon

• a stream in northeastern Italy that marked the ancient boundary between Italy and Csalpine

Julius Ceaser

• Julius ceasar started to rise in 60 BC
• in 58 BC ceasar started his the conquest of Gaul
• he wanted to get rich as possible
• after his campaign Caesar decided to stay in Gaul with his army until he would be chosen as the new consul.
• political opponents wanted him to get back to Rome and be prosecuted for the things he had done when he was a consul
• he had made a decision that resulted in the fall of the roman republic. he lead his armies across the river of Rubicon and said the well know "Aiacton est" . he started towards Rome in January of 490

Marcus Licinius Crassus

• he was an influential roman politician from the late republic
• he was renowned for his enormous wealth

Julius's dead

• stabbed 23 times when he was killed
• last words were "et tu brute"
• was killed on march 15.

The assassination

• the assassination day was march 15, BC
• 60 or more men participated in the assassination
• words were never proven to be said

His death

• was first stabbed by a guy named casca
• after casca stabbed him he took casca's arm and pushed him away.
• he tried to get up then he felt another wound and realized that he was stabbed 23 times. he then fell to the floor

Octavian

• octavian was the grand nephew and adopted son of julius ceaser
• at 19 he was a small, sickly boy who ruled with mark antony
• the both got revenge on the people who killed julius: over 100 senators and 2000 buisnessmen
• got the help of lepidus

Wednesday in class mr. Schick wasn't here. we worked on our powerpoints. i think we made a lot of progress.

Today in class we got new seats. We got to pick them. Mr. Schick also let us retake the second quiz again which i really appreciate because i didn't do good on the second quiz at all. I think i got a 70 or an 80 on this retake.

Rome

Gaul

Cleopatra

Octavian

Augustus

Crassus

Gracchus

plebians

tiber river

patricians

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• Consuls- commanded the army and directed the governmen
• Veto- means "forbid" in Latin
• Senate- aristocratic branch of Rome's governmen. plebians were members
• Assembly- democratic side of Roman government. all citizen soldiers were members
• Dictator- a leader who had absolute power to make laws & command the army. it lasted 6 months and chosen by senetors
• Mercenary- soldier who fights in army for pay

1. (a) Why were many plebeians dissatisfied with Rome's government in the early years of the republic?

• They couldn't make important decisions. 

(b) How did they win reforms?

• They wouldn't agree to fight in the Roman army.

(c) What changes did they bring about in Roman government?

•  They brought about The Twelve Tables.

2. Why did Romans consider that they had a balanced government?

• The romans government was balanced because it was partly a monarchy, partly an aristocracy, and partly a democracy.

3. Once Rome had conquered most of Italy, how did the Roman government win the support of the conquered people?

• They gave them the name of half-citizens and all gave them all rights except voting.

4. (a) At the start of the Punic Wars, why might Carthage have appeared the stronger power?

• Carthage was three times the size of Rome. They were wealthy and had huge armies.

(b) Why was Rome, in fact, the victor?

• They had more than 500,000 troops. They were loyal.

5. Why was the Battle of Zarma a major turning point in history?

• If Rome would not have won, its laws, government, andd culture would not have been passed. 

6. (a) Why did the Greeks at first welcome Roman armies?

•  Rome freed them.

(b) Why did the Greek attitude change?

• Rome crushed all opposition to rulers favored by Rome.