Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Julius Caesar
Was born of political parents.
He has been working his way up through the government.
Alesia Gaul 52 Bc.
after 8 years of war, the war against Gaul was at its climax.
Caesar had 40,000 troops,
And his army was seeming to being defeated.
And Caesar came out to fight too
Mark Anthony was a general in Caesar's army
Caesar's victory at Alesia is still regarded at one of the most brilliant battles in history .
Caesar was not just a good solider, he was a good political person.
Caesar wanted to change the politics of Rome.
He wanted to change the fact that Rome was ran by Aristocrats.
He wanted to be the ruler.
Caesar came back into the city with his army, not disbanding it like he is supposed to.
They thought he just wanted money and power.
Gnaeus Pompey -was decorated general, and politician now.
Senate tries to get Pompey to opposes Caesar.
Caesar wanted to put himself into power with out an election.
Caesar was a little Egotistical .
He thought that the government needed reform, an new type of government.
So, Caesar came across his the territories with his army.
The first Triumvirate
- Is Caesar
- Pompey
- Cresses
He crosses the Rubicon. Which is now a saying today.
Caesar takes over Rome.
He gets the money from the treasury.
After Caesar started to get more power and money, Pompey decided to break up the Triumvirate . He disagreed with Caesar . Caesar is now in a fight with Pompey.
He decimate the 9th legion
Which means he killed one in every 10 people in front of the rest.
Caesar had one battle with Pompey with Dyracchium
Caesar decided to use the same tactic as he did in Alesia.
But Pompey wasn’t stupid, he was as smart as Caesar,
Caesar lost the battle.
He retreated to regroup
Anthony became Caesar's right hand man now.
He was running out of supplies, he decided to make Pompey beat him at Pharsalus
He won. Was became leader.
Tiberius Gracchus was a man who fought for the rights of the people in Rome. He lives his life staying true to his beliefs. His father was the Great Tiberius Gracchus; who was very respected and honored. Tiberius had a very large expectation for his political and military career. Tiberius also had a very high expectation from his mother. She wanted to be remembered as “The Mother of Tiberius Gracchus”. She wanted him to be in favor with all of his political people, and it seemed she didn’t care about his virtues, as long as he’s popular. Tiberius had a lot of pressure in his life.
The first real thing that brought Tiberius closer to his place in history was the battle of Carthage. Tiberius was the main man who fought I the battle; and when they won, he was rewarded, and respected. Later, in another battle with the people of Spain, The Roman army was about to be destroyed by them and the only way they would take a surrender was if Tiberius surrendered for them. Tiberius was hailed as a hero by the people of Rome, but not the Senate. The Senate was greedy for power, and thought that Rome should never surrender. Tiberius saves thousands of lives, but the senate wanted to ruin his repetition. So, Tiberius decided to run for tribune, were the people vote. He won, and the first thing he decided to do was pass a land reform for the people. The senate didn’t like that; they started to spread rumors that Tiberius wanted to be king. I think Tiberius was getting a little cocky. He started to think that he was the Roman people’s hero. If Tiberius did not get over zealous, they senate probably would not of started these rumors. But he did think that he was someone who should have power with the people.

Friday, March 26, 2010

End Of the Story

He got married to political strength
Then he won the election.
He proposed to have a radical land laws, to give it back
But one tribune vetoed it.
The guy vetoed the land law,
So Tiberius vetoed everything else.
The city was in chaos .
There was a stand still
He won the vote and land law became law.
The senators lied and made it seem like Tiberius wanted to be king.
They want to kill Tiberius after he loses tribune.
Rome was on the brink of civil war between Tiberius' supporters, and the people against him.
His second election was in 113 BC.
At the election they think he wants to be king, so they kill him.
It took 100 years to pull Rome together.
And it took an Emperor. Which they killed Tiberius to stop from happening.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

The rich was just taking land from the poor,
Tiberius didn’t agree with that.
There were 1,000s of farmers who lost their land.

In Spain, Tiberius fought a tribe, his army lost.
And Tiberius brought peace negotiation
Tiberius came back home to a hero's welcome,
But the senate didn't like it.
And Tiberius lost his hole repetitions.
With the senate, but the people thought he was a hero
He decided to Run for tribune. Government of the people.
He already has support.

He got married to political strength
Then he won the election.
He proposed to have a radical land laws, to give it back
But one tribune vetoed it.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Rome
Rich people got more opportunities.
Rome had a Republic.
Tiberius Gracchus
Daddy died in 136 BC
He believed in ideals of Democratic government.
146 BC, Carthage. End of Punic Wars
Tiberius is a solder in army
Battle took 6 days.
They took Carthage and they destroyed it.
Scipio Was General who finished Carthage.

Six months later. He cam back to Rome, all the poor have came in.
There is a huge cap between the rich and the poor and it was getting bigger.


Tuesday, March 23, 2010

I Had a dentist appointment today, Missed class, I hear i missed Mr. Schick's Rome rap.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Test today!!!

We took the test today. I think i did good. The multiple choice questions were easy. but i don't know if i got all the information in it. We had twenty multiple choice questions, and then we had to choose three, out of six essays, i choose A, B, and F. I think the test was relatively easy, if you studied, and faith, i couldn't see any trick questions, i hope their wasn't any then. Next up. Rome......

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Today we just reviewed for our test tomorrow. Study,study study tonight.




Tomorrow's 100-point test will consist of 20 multiple choice questions, worth two points each, and three essay questions, worth 20 points each. You will need a pencil for the objective part of the test, and pen and paper for the essays. You will not need your computer in class tomorrow, so don't even bring it. This is not an open book or open note test.
The following are general subjects of potential essay questions for this Friday’s test.
I recommend you review these subjects, and draw up brief outlines for each.
This is the first step to writing excellent essays tomorrow!
(Outlining will also help you study for the objective portion of the test.)
  • Describe the events of the Peloponnesian War
  • Give details on the lives and philosophies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
  • Describe the most significant events of the Persian War
  • Describe the elements of early Greek theater
  • Describe the high points and the low points of the age of Pericles
  • Describe the transition from faith in the Greek gods to belief in reason and logic
  • Describe how the Greek concept of hubris brought about the downfall of Pericles

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

The Athens gave us democracy , politics, physics, chemistry, math, theater ,art, and concepts of thought.

Sparta get Persia to help them crush Athens.
The Athens people turn to their Goddess Athena
In 44 BC, Athens surrendered
Sparta won, they dismantled the fleet.

Athens needed someone to take the blame for there fleet
And they blamed Socrates
He was critical of Athens
So he was arrested, for undermining the religion and corrupting the youth.
he was put to trial.
Socrates shows no fear.
He actually acts stubborn
If he apologized he would have been acquitted
But he asked for free meal for the rest of his life for the work he had done
He was sentenced to death.
He was executed by drinking hemlock
He died, not for fame , not for honor, but for the belief of his principles; because he belive we should always examine the world around us.
For years , the Athenians idolized solders
But now there hero was someone Socrates.

Athens was never again a great imperial power.
But, because of Socrates , became a city of intellectual inquiry.
Athens is not a Empire of thought.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Pericles
Ruled Athens, pro-democracy
Was leader of Athens at the height of there wealth, and artistic elegance.
His job was to build a city that was fit to rule an empire.
U decided to built a great monument on the acropolis.
Called the Parthenon, a temple to Athena.
I billion dollars in today's terms was spent.
Pericles was directly involved in the building of it.
Took 15 years to build.
Was and still is the greats monument in Athens
there was a huge statue of Athena
There was frieze that showed the Athens people around the inside of the Parthenon .

Pericles wanted Athens to become the most educational city.
Aspasia was Pericles's companion.
She was a prostitute
Athens started the theater
And was most know for tragedies
Like the King who gauged his own eyes out because he married his mother.
theaters were built in every big city in Greece.
Pericles began to plan a new adventure.
He wanted to make Athens the know leader of the Mediterranean.
He wanted War with the only other Greek city-state that had the same power as Athens
Which was Sparta , the Athenians agreed to fight.
Hubris- cocky, egotistical, etc.
Pericles was hubris.
He wanted to just kill Sparta for power.
He had a plan
The Athenians got supplies by the navy.
And they hid behind the city walls.
Pericles thought they would win because they went all out with Navy.
Socrates live in Athens at this time, and he was starting a revolution of thinking.
The Greeks started thinking about reasons.
These Greeks started to use mathematics and science.
Socrates loved Athens, his life was spent questioning the assumptions of Athenian life.
Sparta was burning the farms of Sparta, wile the Athenians was in the walls of Athens
One of the ship brought plague.
Everyone was close together, and the plague was spread fast, and killed 1/3 of the population.
Pericles died of plague.

Last Five digital Flashcards, Total of twenty

Friday, March 12, 2010

This Friday

This Friday we had no school. I'm not sure why.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Next five digital flash cards, I now have 15

The senior retreat was today. all we did was sit in class and watch a movie with Mr. Wojo. then we got started with those next five flashcards.


Battle of Gaugamela
Derius III and Alexander went into battle
Alexander attack Persia on a open field


Alexander out numbered 2 to 1

Friday, March 5, 2010

Today I got to class late, i had to come to class with me wrinkles and five O'clock shadow on.  My hair was combed to the side and was smothered in hair spray.  I missed a lot of the movie we watched , but hear are the notes of what I got.

Athens had access to a quality of life that know Greeks had before.
The democracy became a great civilization.
Ostracized- banished from Athens
This is how they protected there government
Themistocles was ostracized.
Pericles was the new ruler
He wanted to make Athens famous.
He decided to create a new temple, the Parthenon , on the acropolis
He spent a billion dollars

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Today i missed class. The John Carroll Drama department is doing the show "Suessical the Musical". I am General Smitz in the play. Today,  we had a preview for homeroom in the morning. And a Matinee for middle school kids during the day, well, today i missed class because of the matinee, and i didn't get to finish the movie Crucible of Greeks.I think i will miss class tomorrow too.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Crucible of Greece (My favorite Historical Story)

Cleisthenes was the Leader in Athens and was Exiled
508 BC.
Athens first step to become an empire
For the first time in history , civilizations revolted and gained power.
At this point they turned to the exiled Cleisthenes
Cleisthenes had to design a revolutionary governmental system
But how to give them a say in there future?
The agora is where people could come up and say there opinion.
And he established a vote , a white pebble for yes, a black pebble for no.
And this is what we now know as a democracy.
Unlike our democracy, the Athenian democracy there was no government, (direct democracy)
But, women couldn't vote, kids couldn't vote. Etc.
ArĂȘte = no cheating
After Cleisthenes, there was war!!!

490 BC
Phiddepides , the inspiration of today marathon, ran miles to tell of the Persian empire's attack, Darius,
Marathon was first hit, on Persian attack
As Athens faced Persian, will little success
Phiddepides ran to Sparta for help, while Athens was being destroyed
Phiddepides ran 140 miles in two days.
Help was refused by Sparta.
Athenians won battle, surprisingly
Athenians killed 6,000 Persians
, Themistocles was the general of Athens.
He know Persians were still a danger.
If Persians came again, he knew they would be better prepared
So Themistocles created the trireme, a ship which would ram another ship.
Athens found silver to pay for Trireme
Athens ended up with 200 triremes
Darius' son Xerxes wanted to revenge his father, and destroy Athens.
Xerxes army was2,000,000 men, and mad
480 Bc. He army came marching ,
Athens found out and were afraid.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Opinion.

Today, we spent the whole class time , discussing Socrates.  Socrates is Mr. Schick's favorite person, apparently. The whole three mods we discussed him. We found an important quotation,  " An unexamined life is not worth living," that Socrates said. We have three more philosophers to go over. Towards the end of the class, we started discussing a current issue that is an example of what kind of stuff Socrates thought about. We discussed how it is not the right thing, for rich people two not give any of their money to poor; but it also is not the right thing to just take their money, it's unconstitutional. We live in America, and if you want to be filthy rich, you have the freedom. If you want to not give any of your money to the poor, as bad and selfish as it is, you can, it's your American freedom. 
             If someone gives their money to someone in need,  it is charity. It is a freedom that we have, the freedom of charity. If the government just takes your money, they take your freedom of charity. Forced charity is not charity, it is socialism.   
             That is my view, and I welcome yours. Comment!