Sydneys western civ blog

republic- power results in citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders patrician- deathly landowners who held most of power plebeian- common farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up the majority of the population tribune- plebeians formed assembly to elect representatives consul- like kings, commanded armies and directed the government senate- aristocratic branch of Romes gov dictator- a leader who has absolute power over laws and army legion- large military units punic wars- Rome and Carthage at war Hannibal- brilliant military strategist who wanted to avenge Carthage's earlier defeat 3. CONSULS TERMS WERE ONLY ONE YEAR LONG AND COULD NOT BE ELECTED AGAIN FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS (didn't mean to put all in caps lock). also could veto or out rule another 4. group of 10 officials wrote down Romes laws and carved out 12 tablets 5.chose to. sneak up on the romans traveling from Spain, then France, through the alps

509 b.c Rome becomes a republic 264 b.c first punic war begins 218 b.c in the second punic war, Hannibal invades Italy 31 b.c Octavian defeats the forces of Anthony and Cleopatra a.d 284 diocletian becomes emperor of Rome. a.d 476 western Rome empire falls •Pg 152- 153 •Main Ideas •Power and Authority - Rome began as a republic, a government in which elected officials represent the people. Eventually, absolute rules called emperors seized power and expanded the empire.  •Empire building- At its height, the Roman touched three continents-Europe, Asia, and Africa. For several centuries, Rome brought peace and prosperity to its empire before its eventual collapse. •Religious and Ethical systems- Out of Judea rose a monotheistic, or single-god, religion known as Christianity. Based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, it soon spread throughout Rome and beyond.

Today in class we went over our test and I did better than I though but I didn't do well on the Hi I am... questions but I still got an 83 percent which im not mad at. We then listen to your app which I was very impressed at. Im going to try to listen to the rap more and memorize some of the lyrics because It actually seemed like it was very informational.

Today in class we took our greek test. It was the hardest test I've taken in this class but I think I did okay on it. The questions that like the people were asking were the hard ones for me and so were the really old questions like from the start of the unit. I rally enjoyed learning about greek culture and I feel like I really understand it now. I also loved doing the project for this unit.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT Philipe the second was Alexander the greats dad Alexander the great conquers masidonia when he was 20  Alexander became king because his father was assassinated Alexander then conquered Persia took over greek main land, Persian empire, Egypt alexanders men rebel and want to go home (stops at India and goes home) he then died when he came home and started to govern at age 32 (they don't know how he died)  DARIUS THE THIRD  Darius the third was king of Persia  killed by his own solders because he was wimpy after he is defeated he tries to make peace and give him a third of Persia but Alexander declines and keeps battling and won it all AFTER ALEXANDER his land got slept between three generals everything ends up collapsing PLAYS Lysistrata the play comedy aristophenes the author oedipus rex tragedy play GO OVER GOVERNMENTS  arosticse- run by the nobles democracy- run by people PHLOSIPHERS  ...

1.  a. Philip II became was King of Macedonia, he was a brilliant general and politician. b. Macedonia is located just North of Greece with rough terrain and a cold climate, Macedonians lived in mountain villages rather than city-states. c. Alexander the Great was Philips son, who immediately proclaimed himself as king of Macedonia for the next 13 years he had many accomplishments.  d. Darius III was the Persian king who tried to negotiate a peace settlement with Alexander, but it didn't happen and they ended up conquering the empire and Darius was found dead. 3. Philip II was able to conquer Greece because of the troops he formed into phalanxes of 16 men across and 16 deep, they were all well-trained. He used these phalanxes to break through enemy lines, he also used fast moving calvary to crush opponents.  4. Alexander the Great had more interest in expanding his empire rather than governing it, he wanted to construct new cities, roads, and harbors and conq...

1.)  hellenistic- greek culture blended with cultures with Egyptian Persian and Indian Alexandria -  Egyptian city that was the center of commerce (money) right on Nile and Mediterranean  Euclid- a mathmetition who taught in Alexandrea archimedes- he was a hellenistic scientist he estimated the value of pi to a greater distance than anyone else  3.) trade contributes to the hellenistic culture because it was an international community. 4.) Euclid created a a meuseame containing an observatory which other astronomers could study planets and stars 

direct democracy - a form of govt in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives, was and important legacy of perigean Athens. Classical art - pieces filled with harmony order balance and proportion  tragedy -a serious form of drama, dealing with a hero and a down fall this is cause by a fatal flaw (hubris- excessive pride) Tragedy;  Sophocles oedipus rex comedy - crude humor and make fun of respected people  philosopher -a person engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic discipline. Socrates -Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher, of the Western ethical tradition of thought. plato -Plato was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought, and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world Aristotle -Aristotle was a p...

MAIN IDEA: cultural interaction Democratic principles and classical culture flourished during Greeces golden age. Pericles led Athens during its golden time (32 years) Pericles had three goals Strenghthen athenian democracy  Hold and strengthen the empire  To glorify Athens  his idea to strengthen the democracy was to pay more officials in the office he created a DIRECT DEMOCRACY in this government the citizens rule directly and not through representatives.

today in class we presented and so did other groups. I really liked the art that Ryans group made. I was happy to finally present because even thought that project was fun it was very stressful because me and Bryson ant good bakers but we tried our best. Im really excited to hear Athen and elpris rap tomorrow.