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. 

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What is So “Ancient” About Rome?

Ancient is a word defined as “of or in time long past, esp. before the end of the Western Roman Empire.” (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ancient). Many times when people are studying Rome they will say that they are studying Ancient Rome. Many times this means they are just studying Rome’s past. Rome has such a large past that it seems ancient or old. Many events have occurred in Rome’s history that also makes it seem long and old. You could find events that date very far back in Rome.

                The Romans have a story that is told to explain how and why Rome was created. Twin boys, named Romulus and Remus were the sons of Mars. Mars was he Roman god of war. When they were hung their uncle took them and threw them in a river to drown.  They floated to land and a mother wolf found them and cared for them. Then a herdsman took them and looked out for them until they grew up. Later their dad, Mars, told them to build a city where they were found. They started this city by building a wall. Eventually they got into a major fight because Remus made fun of the wall Romulus built. Finally, Romulus killed Remus. This happened in 753 BC but people think that there were people living in Rome before this. We consider Rome as ancient because it was created such a long time ago. This leaves plenty of time for important events to happen. The more events that have occurred the older something seems. For example if someone had accomplished many great things in life your first instinct would be that they are older and most of the time they are because they have longer to get these things done. Just like Rome they more time they have the more things they will get done.  (http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/city_of_rome/).  

                Rome is considered ancient because so many events have occurred in its history so it makes it seem very old. Some major events that have occurred in Rome are things such as the struggle of the orders, the Punic Wars, and the Roman expansion. Each of these things happened a long time ago which is why we considered Rome Ancient. The struggle of the orders occurred in 494 BC. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_the_Orders). This is a long time ago and is one of the earlier things that occurred in Rome. The Punic Wars lasted a long time and were a huge chunk of Rome’s history. The first Punic War started in 264 BC and the last one ended in 146 BC. These wars lasted so long and went on for awhile so it makes Rome seem ancient because this is a long time. All of these events are added to Rome’s history to make it seem longer and older. We would consider any date in BC time ancient because it seems so long ago from today. Some people may have their own opions as to if it is ancient or not.

                 Also it seems ancient because we have advanced many of the things they used or did. For example in Hannibal, a Roman leader, used many creative and successful battle tactics. We use some of these today but have made them more advanced. For example they use to use war elephants and today we use transportation like tanks and other big trucks. To think about what the ways they had to fight in battle without some of the things we have seems impossible. They did not have the type of knowledge, or technology that we have today and that’s why it seems ancient. To think that they did not have computers that gave them answers or information about any topic they wanted seems very strange. To us it is natural but to them it is insane. The fact that they do not have many of the basic things in life we have today makes them seem ancient. We have phones and in Ancient Rome they had to write or even just travel and talk to each other. That seems like a very old fashion way but only because we have advanced from them. they are less advanced and do not have many of the things we have. Since many things have occurred before today we have learned a lot from what has happened and that gives us more knowledge. Not as many things happened before Ancient Rome that they could learn from. For these reason we consider Rome Ancient.

                Rome is still exsisting today so it can be considered Ancient. If you travel to Rome and see the buildings from Ancient Rome people may still considered it Ancient. People may have different views on how Rome is Ancient. The events occurred so long ago and so many events have occurred that it seems ancient. 

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How was the Struggle of the Orders influential on later Roman politics?

The Struggle of the Orders was a conflict between the Plebeians and the Patricians. The Plebeians are the common, middle class people and the Patricians are they wealthy, upper class people. The Plebeians  were not involved in the government and they wanted a say in what happened.  Only the Patricians were allowed to run for the senate and they Plebeians wanted a chance. They voiced their opinion and eventually got heard. They are now allowed to have this position and have a say. When they have they position they have a lot of power. This influenced the Roman politics because people had more of a say in the government.  The Patricians had less power then before and they power was spread out more equally then before.

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Livy was a Roman historian and he was born in Italy in 59 BC. He moved to Rome and this is when he started writing. He wrote about the history of Rome. Many of his book were lost. In his writing he talked about the Punic Wars. We know a lot about them and Rome because of his books. In his writing he shows that Romans are good and all of their enemies are bad. He was about 80 years old when he died.

Herodotus was one of the first writers that wrote about what happened in the past. He was called the "father of history."  He was born in Turkey at about 485 BC. While he was a child the Persian war was occurring.  He wanted to try to explain how Athens and Sparta were able to be defeated because many people questioned this when it occurred. Herodotus would write about places he traveled and would ask people questions to help him write. He also wrote about places he has never been.   Sometimes he wasn’t very accurate because people would tell him things that weren't but most of the time he would be fairly true.

Thucydides was an Athenian and he was from a rich family. He was related to some of the generals that lead the Athens against the Persians. He then became a general and lead Athens in the Peloponnesian War. He lost the war so they exiled him. He then left Athens and wrote about how and why the Spartans won. A lot of what we now know about the war is because of the book and stories Thucydides wrote. He is a very accurate writer and makes sure his facts are true. 

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Imagining Life Living in Rome

In 264 BCE I would feel nervous because I do not know that outcome of the first war. There is a chance of Rome loosing but I would have hope and faith that we would win. I believe we could win and this made my future look good because the war would turn out the way we wanted and this would give the outcome we hoped for. As time went by I would stay nervous but confident because after the 1st Punic War there was a second. This made me nervous because the outcome can be different than the first war but also can be the same and we could win.

Today in Rome I feel a lot better.   My future is looking full of improvements. As the advancement of the Roman civilization  continues the future can get better. I am worried a little bit because a war can break out at any moment and a reoccurrence of the Punic Wars can happen.  Just as advancement helped during the wars it will help today. During the war the invention of many new things helped the Romans do as well as they did. Rome can get better and better because new things and changes can happen that can help improve it each day. Rome is very powerful and successful and I have faith for our future. 

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