Trevyn's Western Civ

Caesar's grandnephew took over His name was octavian  Mark Antony is an experienced general and Lepidus is a good politician  Lepidus retires Mark and Octavian become enemies and fight but Octavian comes out on top Named Augustus  Rome is now an empire  Started Roman peace era which lasted 207 years long He did a to of things like build roads but he mainly expanded Rome into the upper part of Africa Does a firefighting organization  Later dies of natural causes  Tiberius ruled 14-37 AD died at age 77 good emperor  Caligula- ruled 4 years was harsh and then was assassinated  Claudius had Cerebral palsy   was poisoned rules well Nero emphasized arts historians do not look highly of him 

I will be taking the test on June 2nd. I have the class at 9 that day. Tiberius recognized taking care of plebeians was an advantage for him. The soldiers in the military were the ones who were loyal to the leaders and not really loyal to their country so they could overthrow  Caesar was a general He conquered a lot of land conquered gaul  He pleased the common people and had friends in high spots. First Triumvirate  Serves as consul He then makes himself governor then dictator  gave citizenships created jobs for poor  expanded senate for his friends  increased pay he was assassinated because the senators saw him as a threat

For my essay I am choosing to do the factors that played into the fall of the republic.

As Rome grew so did the gap between the rich and the poor. Farmers had it tough against big estates that used labor. Tiberius and Gaius tried to help the poor out Civil war conflicted Julius Caesar who was a military leader came along. He ruled with a group of three for 10 years This was called a triumvirate. Pompey was his rival Caesar was a absolute ruler But her expanded the Senate and did many more thing. He was later assassinated  The country was in war then Octavian came along and became ruler and took on the rank Augustus  Pax Romana- Rome peace Rome was big in farming and also traded a good amount  Slaves were still around 

5,00 soldiers not in for pay 8 is a century Punic wars (264-146 BCE) three wars Rome vs Carthage  The first war was form 264-241 Rome won and it was a naval war Second war is 218-201 Hannibal takes Rome (attacks from north) 3rd war was 149-146 Rome didn't want threat from Carthage burned for 17 days  50,000 into slavery Slaves poured into Italy small farmers lost land to aristocrats rich are getting richer

rule of consuls elected officials aristocrats they would command the army and make laws they could veto each-other they were later challenged by the plebs plebs had no legal rights. unwritten customs, no written laws. plebs refused to serve in the military until there were written laws SPQR-Senatus Populusque Romanum democracy  We modeled our gov't to the ancient romans 3 branches legal code legislative, judicial and executive. We have Bill of Rights and they have the 12 tables.

The Etruscans were the settlers of Rome, they came from the north part o the peninsula and were metalworkers and artists. The greeks also settled in Rome because of the Mediterranean Sea. They shared ideas like the alphabet, military tactics, and art. But the first settlers were the Latins. They descended from Indo-Europeans and settled on the Tiber. Had built a port and trading boats could make it there. They had drained a mashy area and was one of the largest drains into the Tiber. Lucius Superbus was the 7th and last king of Rome. A true tyrant.

The song was catchy. I found it cool because we all know the main beat but I found myself listening to to lyrics closer because of it. I think it was really well put together and the lyrics were very good and I liked the different voice changers you used. If we were in school I would applaud you.

The 12 tables were the golden gate to plebeians. The laws were treated unfairly because they we not written so the patricians would make the laws fit them more. This was all stopped when people actually started writing the laws down and then the plebeians started to have the law on their side more than they normally would have.