Could Rome Have Risen Without Slavery?

1. Intro
1. Rome could have risen without slaver. (Thesis)

2. Slavery caused a problems like revolts
1. "The slaves, distressed by their hardships, and frequently outraged and beaten beyond all reason, could not endure their treatment. Getting together as opportunity offered, they discussed the possibility of revolt, until at last they put their plans into action." (Diodorus Siculus)
2. Slaves came to Silicy. After Carthaginian Collapse. They were really high up and important so they got slaves. To help them do the work.  Treated them very poorly.
3. Slave killed master and senate wanted everyone killed. And it caused chaos.

3. Slaves didn’t add anything to help.
1. They only did the work while the Romans had the brains and ideasq1

4. Slaves cost money and food.
1. "Country slaves ought to receive in the winter, when they are at work, four modii [Davis: One modius equals about a quarter bushel] of grain; and fourmodii and a half during the summer."

Comparing Pericles Speech to Lincoln's Speech

1. Intro
1. Funeral Orations are speeches given  to honor and memorialize the soldiers  who died at battle. They are honoring them and thanking them for what they did.
2. Lincoln's speech was given to honor all the soldiers who fought in the civil war. Many of them died or were injured and he was giving them good credit and praising them for their hard work. They put their lives at risk for their country.
3. Pericles' speech was given to honor
4. Thesis- Lincoln's Gettysburg Address speech was stronger than Pericles because he had a better appeal to patriotism;  appeal to pride; and appeal to honor]
2. Appeal to patriotism
1. Lincoln-"We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live." (http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/al16/speeches/gettys.htm )
2. Pericles- "Such is the Athens for which these men, in the assertion of their resolve not to lose her, nobly fought and died; and well may every one of their survivors be ready to suffer in her cause. " (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pericles-funeralspeech.html )
3. Appeal to pride
1. Lincoln- "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us --that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion-- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth." (http://odur.let.rug.nl~usa/P/al16/speeches/gettys.htm )
2. Pericles- " For Athens alone of her contemporaries is found when tested to be greater than her reputation, and alone gives no occasion to her assailants to blush at the antagonist by whom they have been worsted, or to her subjects to question her title by merit to rule."  (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pericles-funeralspeech.html )
4. Appeal to nation
1. Lincoln- "Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure." (http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/al16/speeches/gettys.htm )

Viking Notes

Vikings referred to as Norsemen

Norse mythology

Books

Elder edda

Poet edda

Younger edda

Pros edda

Edda's tell us about cosmology of Norse thinking

9 worlds

We live on midgard

North of us alfheimer

Elfs

South of us Scaralfaheim

Black elfs

East of us

Vanheimr

Muspellheim- world of fire

Jotunheimr- world of giants

West of us niflheim

World of ice

Up is asgard- where the gods are

Down is Hel- netherworld

Across is ginnungagap

Far away, farthest away across ocean

Heimskringla

Books of sagas

Legends about the kings

Written by snorri sturluson

Aren't written until after Vikings are gone of Christianized

Started with the Ynglings

Runes are used before making decisions

Vikings get Christianized

Ragnarok is the great battle that is going to happen at the end of the world

Vikings had no fear of death because they believed in after life

Leaf ericson

188 norway

Monistary

Getting Ready for the Viking Raid!

The Viking in the back is getting to go raid the Lidensfarme monks. His wife and daughter are preparing for his departure. This warrior is bringing his shield for protection and his sword to attack. He also has knives stored in his belt.The Vikings were very scary and many people were afraid of them. 

Gibbon and Toynbee Summaries

Toynbee believed that the empire fell because of Christianity. Tonybee knew that the Christianity was rising and becoming popular as the empire was falling. He put these two things together and came up with the conclusion that, the rise of Christianity was to blame for the fall of the Roman Empire. He believed that Christianity was so strong it could collapse a whole empire.

http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/toynbee.html

Gibbon on the other hand, talked about the rise of the empire and how it had some extreme rises. He said it become a great empire. It had many good qualities that he pointed out. He believe it fell because of its greatness. He thinks Rome got to big for and it couldn’t handle it.  It became to big and didn’t know what to do leading to the fall. He thinks this because it believes Rome did not know what they were up against and had to face. This became to much for them to handle so they crashed.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/gibbon-fall.html

"Arnold Toynbee - Christianity and Civilization." Welcome to MYRIOBIBLOS - The Etext Library of the Church of Greece. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. .

"Medieval Sourcebook: Gibbon: The Fall of the Roman Empire." FORDHAM.EDU. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. .

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Who's a Good Guy? Who's a Bad Guy?

Good and bad are two words that are very hard to define. They can have a meaning full of range. One thing is kept consistent between the two words and that is the fact that the words are opposite.  Bad and good are adjectives that are used to describe many things. Each person or groups of people have their own bad guys and good guys. Some may have one and some may have more than one. The good guy can even be the person. To people looking at or watching someone they may think their good guy and bad guy are different. They can be interpreted differently from person to person.

            Good guys and bad guys are seen everywhere in the world. Children read and watch about them all the time.  They are also referred to as heroes and villains. The audience always likes the good guy and cheers for them. In most of the children’s books, movies, and TV shows the good guy will end up winning. The good guy will almost always beat the bad guy in whatever they are trying to do. For example, a good guy and bad guy many people know are Batman and the Joker. Batman comes in many encounters with the Joker and he is always trying to make things difficult for Batman. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman). Batman normally beats him though. This is one example of a good guy and a bad guy. There are many other good guys and bad guys. Many things in life can be put into a good guy bad guy situation. Sometimes good guys and bad guys don’t have to be people but things in life. For example in books sometimes a character is trying to complete something. Something like someone is trying to climb a cliff but the weather was bad so it was hard. The person would be the good guy and the weather would be the bad guy. The bad guy is most of the time the one hurting people. The main character is normally the good guy and anyone hurting him or stopping him from what he is trying to do is the bad guy. The good guys and bad guys are always going up against each other and fighting trying to hurt or stop one another. Good guys and bad guys can widely range. For example Batman and the Joker are a set of good guys and bad guys and so is a character and weather. But weather is something along with many others that can be a good guy or a bad guy. For one person the weather might be a good person but for another it might be a bad. Good guys and bad guys can also be teams. Anyone who helps the main good guy would also be consider a good guy. Anyone who helps the bad guy or goes against the bad guy is consider another bad guy. These are some common examples of good guys and bad guys.

             The Vikings were the type of people who were good guys and bad guys. Vikings did not like monks. They would kill many monks. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings). In this situation the Vikings would be considered bad guys. But when they were at war and battling they were considered the good guys.  The good guys most of the time are the ones who a lot of people like. If it is between two people the group with the most favor would be considered the good guys because everyone likes them. No one likes the bad guys that is why they are considered bad. In the war situation depending on the person the good guy and bad guy would be different. To people rooting for the Vikings they would be good but for people who don’t like the Vikings they would be considered bad.

                Good guy and bad guy can have many different meanings. There are many different examples of bad guys and good guys. They are used widely around the world and you could find examples in many different situations.

"Batman -." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 18 Mar. 2010. .

"Viking -." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. .

"Viking Age -." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 18 Mar. 2010. .

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The Eddas and Heimskringla Flashcards

Why is the Viking a Popular Mascot?

Vikings are an intimidating mascot. The Minnesota Vikings got there name in 1960 and they are a popular NFL football team. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings ).  Vikings are people who raided Europe and attacked them. This is seen to be scary and intimidating. They were a successful group who  dominated.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking )  Teams use this as a mascot to get the same meaning behind their team. They want to be intimidating and have the same feeling of domination as the Vikings. Many people today use this as a mascot to honor them and to use their name for intimidation.

Works Cited

"Minnesota Vikings -." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 15 Mar. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings>.

"Viking -." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 15 Mar. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking>.

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Did the Roman Empire Fall?

Some people say the Roman Empire fell and others say that it did not. It is believed both ways that it did or did not fall. People believe that it did fall because it is not the same empire today, and because does not carry out the same traditions. There are many other reasons that lead people to believe the Roman Empire fell. Some people say it did not fall because it is still alive today and there was not much proof or reasoning to go behind that it did fall. I believe that it did fall. The concern is how and why did it fall?          

                It is said that the Roman Empire fell in 476 AD. Someone who supported this date was Edward Gibbon.  This is a date he came up with because that was when the last Roman emperor ruled. There is no proof to prove this but many people believe this date by their knowledge of the Roman history. (http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/romefallarticles/a/fallofrome.htm).  When it fell the Romans did not know and kept it going for another two years. People believe that it fell for many reasons and to this day we are not so sure the exact reasons. There are many possible reasons like the people became corrupt, Christianity, it got to big, and many other reasons. It wasn’t just one of these but a combination of many and more. (http://www.tamos.net/~rhay/romefall.html). Some people also say that there was a mass migration and everyone migrated at one time to find new homelands. This happened while Rome was in power and greatly contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire. The rulers toward the end before the fall of the Roman Empire were said by many people to be “bad” emperors. These emperors were not very successful and people blamed them for the fall of the empire. (http://www.roman-empire.net/diverse/faq.html#romefall).  The Roman Empire grew and the power was split. This caused problems because they power was so greatly spread that they had trouble controlling everything. Hidden attacks were planned on Rome and added to the fall.  The people saw new emperors and realized they were young and naïve and easy to attack on. This was bad because they set up many attacks and the young emperors didn’t know how to react as well as the previous emperors who had more experience. The spread of Christianity could have led to the fall because it made the power spread. With the beginning of Christianity the Church was opened the government now had power in the state and power in the Church. This led to problems and contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire.  These are all possible reasons in which the Roman Empire fell. This are reasons that people have considered and used to back up their belief that the Roman Empire fell in 476 AD.

                It is not just one of these reasons that led to the fall of the Roman Empire but a combination of all of them.  The empire just had so many problems it could not handle all of them and began to crumble. There is no proof of this or anything that shows exactly what happens but from basic knowledge we can infer that the date of the fall was in 476 AD.  Some people believe it is just one of these reasons but to me it is a combination of them. It is a controversy whether or not the empire fell. To those who believe it did, it is a bigger controversy to why or how it fell.

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"The Fall of Rome." Tamos (portal). Web. 12 Mar. 2010. .

"Frequently Asked Questions." The Roman Empire. Web. 12 Mar. 2010. .

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Early Christian and Byzantine

Early Christian and Byzantine portraiture represent a continuation and break form the past.  Fayum portraits were panel paintings placed of the heads of mummies. They tied the past and present together as one. In the Ravenna Portrait of Justinian it shows past and present. It shows all different types of people holding different things. They have shields and  other things that fit them. The Fayum Portraits show ancient Egypt and Britian ideas into one painting. They got tied together as one.  This is how they show a continuation and break from the past. 

http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={83B5C9F5-AD4E-11D3-936B-00902786BF44}

"File:Meister Von San Vitale in Ravenna 003.jpg -." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 12 Mar. 2010. .

Who Was Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo was born in 354 and died in 430. He was a bishop in Hippo, North Africa. His is the bishop all the way through until is death.  He also teaches and writes. He study in philosphy and become a philospher. He "established anew the ancient faith." He is a doctor of the church. 

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=418 

http://staugustineofhippo.com/

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Marcus Aurelius's Meditations and Thanks

Mom, 
Thank you for everything. You have taught me how to be who I am. You taught me to be polite and respectful, and how to survive as a teenage girl. You are always there for me and taught me how to do many things.


Dad, 
Thank you for teaching me everything from learning to ride a bike to teaching me to be a good person all around. 


Matt, Gavin, and Colin,
Thank you for teaching me to be a tougher, stronger person. You guys have taught me how to stick up for myself and be stronger, because of you guys I am not affected by teasing like I used to be. 


Dino,
Thank you for teaching me to be polite. You taught me how to be a proper young lady. To this day whenever I put my napkin on my lap I think of you because this is one thing you have always taught me to do. 


Mr. Twigg, my 8th grade english teacher, 
Thank you for making english easier for me. You have taught me everything i know about writing and because of you my writing skills have improved a lot. What you taught me I have used all the time since they day you taught me and will be carried with me the rest of my life. 


"The Internet Classics Archive | The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius." The Internet Classics Archive: 441 Searchable Works of Classical Literature. Web. 12 Mar. 2010. .
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Pictures from The Deeds of The Divine Augustus

Chalcidicum

flickr.com 

Forum of Julius 

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/architecture/pictures/forumcaesar4.jpg

Jupiter Optimus 

http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/capitoline_temple.jpg

Jupiter Tonans 

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Lupercal 

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Palatine Hill

Flickr

Temple of Apollo

flckr.com

Temple of Castor

http://images.travelpod.com/users/eurotraveler/1.1228681260.temple-of-castor-and-pollux.jpg

Temple of Julius

flickr.com

Temple of Lares

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_TQGwJR7tPsk/SqUeUoE6qFI/AAAAAAAAD1k/-dtgCtnRCcs/Temple%20of%20the%20Lares%20Publici%20-%20elevation.JPG

Temple of Mars Ultor

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Forum_Augustus.JPG

Temple of Minerva 

http://www.mccullagh.org/db9/1ds-4/sbeitla-temple-of-minerva.jpg

Temple of Penates 

http://www.teenwitch.com/divine/roman/pict/f_penates.jpg

Temple of Vesta

http://www.qsov.com/Italy2005/132TempleVesta.jpg

Temple of Saturn 

http://www.airflights.to/Rome/images/Temple-of-Saturn.jpg

Theater of Pompey

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Julio Claudian Flashcards

History Notes

Linear History

Timeline

Events

Cyclic History

Is a theory which dictates that the major forces that motivate human actions in a cycle.

Events occur in a cycle

Hegelian Theory of History

Hegel

German philospher

Wrote book the philosophy of history

Thesis + Antithesis= Synthesis

Event 1. John, the stongest kid in class, doesn’t tie his shoes + Event 2. John picks on group of kids, bullying them

Event number three= john chases the kids, but slips out of his shoe.

Event 1. john sprains his ankle  + Event 2. john gets jumped on the way home from school.

Event 3.=john is really hurt

Event 1. John goes to the hospital+  Event 2. John is now on crutches for his ankle

Event 3. John goes to a bullying class and ties his shoes in a double knot now

Vortex/ Vortextual History

Yeats was an irish poet

Gyer tornado work from going bi to going small

Yeats thought that history was like a gyer with a mirror

He thought events go big and then go small

Never the same thing

Events are always changing

 Hunter Gathers were Nomads

Hunter Gatherers- follow food

Nomads- constantly moving have no real place to stay

Mesolithic Period

Neolithic Period

Domesticate animals

Gather food

Agriculture

Architecture

Art work began

People began to settle down and cities formed

People moved northwest to get closer to the water

Major cities are all near water except las vegas

Trading items for food or food for food

You work at what you do best and become rich when you are really good at something

Government is needed in the cities now

Everything starts to develop when people settle in one place

Egypt Notes

Paleolithic Cultures

Neolithic Cultures

Egypt is split into two parts:

Upper

Lower

Nile River splits in in two

Northern Part of Egypt was considered lower Egypt because of the way the Nile flowed

Narmer Pallette :

Wears crown like thing to show unity

Forceful

Old Kingdom:

First of the dynasty begins

A sucession of kings and rulers by birthright

You know your looking at a real Egyptian statue because there will not be a gap between their legs

Great pyramids at Giza

Pryamids of ________,_____________,_________

Covered with limestone

Did slaves build pryamids?

Hired workers did it not slaves

Mortuary cities-pyramid cities

Ami book focuses on death

Death is very important in Egyptian culture

Nationalgeographic.com/pyramids

People who worked on pyramids were part of concscription

Greece Notes

Anatolya

King of troy : perium son is paris

Herodotus

Persians invade Greece

Battle of thermopylae

Tight path not many people could come

Sparta controlled path for Greece

Fought for three days

Athens burn it down

Battle of Samalis

Sparta-strong city state

Age of tryants

650 BC sparta is the most dominant

1 out of every 5 woman who gave birth died

Battle of salamis

480 BC- Persian wars come to a close greeks are winners

Annual festival with games

Sparta and Athens go to war= Peloponnesian wars

 walls put up but everyone is trapped inside them. this makes a plague break out

Alexander the Great

Born to king phillip of macedon

Father gruff old guy and was assasinated when he was 19 and then took the thrown

He got revenge.

Makes his name as the guy who gets revenge on persians….invades persia

If you can undo the knot you can become ruler of the world…..knot on ox cart

He slashed to knot with his sword because it never said how to undo it  and became ruler of the world

Egyptians hate Persians so they like alex for getting revenge on them.

Met on the battle field

333 BC. The battle of Issus- alexander met Darius

Rome Notes

1. Rome was the first real empire
2. Trojans go to Carthen's in Africa
3. Wars are going to define roman dominance
4.  

333 bcc- battle of _____ (alexander the great)

264 to 146 punic wars

Important events in Rome:
1. Aeneas / Trojans defeat Latium
2. Alba Longa
3. Romulus and Remus / Founding on Rome in 753 BCE
4. Explusion of the Etruscan Kings / Establishment of the Roman Rebulic 6th cent.
Etruia
Traquin, the Proud
Traquin the Sixth
Lucretia
Lucius Junius Brutus
509 BCE Roman Republic was founded
5. Struggle of the orders / Tribune of the Plebs
6. Roman Expansion / Pyrrus
7. 1st Punic War

1. Third punic war
• Circled the people so they were trapped
• Burned the city
• Poured salt so no more agriculture.
2. Hannibal
• Used war elephatns
• Aristotle was his tutor
3. Battle of Canine
4. Battle of Sana
• Carthigians attack
• Send elephants to attack
• Romans blow horns to scare elephants
• Elephants turn and run at the Carthigian line because they are scared
5. Herodotus - wrote the history of the persian war
• Goes down and tracks down stories for himself
• Tracks people down and asks them
• Wrote the histories
6. Thucydides
• Wrote the history of the Peloponnesian war
• More accurate than Herodotus
• Really wants to get the true story and make sure its right
7. Livy
• Roman historian
8. Akhanten was the first monotheistic leader
9. Pausanias
• Description of Greece
10. Twelve tables
11. Italy
• Villa
• Type of culture
• Country houses
• Armours up on the walls
• Subura
• Tightly compacted
• Causes friction
• Gracchi brothers
• Tiberius and Gauis
12. Gracchi Brothers
• Both assainated
• Makes the beginning of a bloody period
13. Marius and Sulla
• Troops are loyal to them
14. Julius Caesar
• Part of juli family
15. People would get their votes by being popular with patricians
16. Caesar became popular wit the people and he won
17. Pompay
18. Octavian
• Split rome up and some goes to mark antany and some goes to octavian
19. Mark antany
• Allies with cleopatra
• Go to war with octavian
20. Battle of actium
• Octavian becomes the soul power in rome
• Octavian becomes augustus
21. Augustus, tiberius, caligula these are the julio claudian emperors
22.  

Take notes on the three greek historians 

Twelve Tables

The Romans did not treat woman or children nicely, and looked downed upon them. In table 4 they said "a deadfully deformed child shall be killed." this is showing they do not have much sympathy or care to help the children.  They also say that women shall remain in guardianship even when they have attained their majority. That means that they can not be independent and live on their own that someone has to always be looking out for them treating them like children. It is said that they cannot cry at funerals or show emotion.  Last when a man and woman get married the men treats the woman like his daughter. This meaning they will look at for them and treat them like a child. Woman were not given much freedom and were always being looked out for. 

"THE TWELVE TABLES." California State University, Northridge. Web. 05 Mar. 2010. .
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