western civ 2019 blog

THE ROMAN REPUBLIC: The first groups in Rome were Greeks, Latins, and Etruscans between 750 and 600 BC, the Greeks built colonies along southern Italy and Sicily, which brought all of Italy into closer contact with Greece Etruscans strongly influenced the development of Roman civilization ex. a writing system in 600 BC, an Etruscan became king of Rome, in that time Rome grew immensely the last king of Rome, Tarquin the Proud, was a harsh tyrant who was driven from power in 509 BC Romans established a republic, which is when citizens choose representatives to vote on laws citizenship was only granted to free-born males two social groups, patricians (upper class rich people) and plebeians (low class poor people) tribunes protected the rights of plebeians from unfair acts of patrician officials Rome had a executive, legislative, and judicial branch similar to America's  two officials called consuls who commanded the army and directed the government, but they served for on...

MAIN IDEAS-- Rome began as a republic, a government in which elected officials represent the people. Eventually, absolute rulers called emperors seized power and expanded the empire. At its height, the Roman Empire touched three continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa. For several centuries, Rome brought peace and prosperity to its empire before its eventual collapse. Out of Judea rose a monotheistic religion known as Christianity. It soon spread throughout Rome and beyond.  ROME TIMELINE-- 509 BC: Rome becomes a Republic 264 BC: First Punic War begins 218 BC: In the Second Punic War, Hannibal invades Italy 31 BC: Octavian defeats the forces of Antony and Cleopatra 284 AD: Diocletian becomes emperor of Rome 476 AD: Western Roman Empire falls PG. 155-159: THE ROMAN REPUBLIC-- Some of the most fundamental values and institutions of Western Civilization began in the Roman Republic According to the legend, Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus, twin sons of the ...

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today in class we went over sections 4 and 5. we got a study guide. alexander the great was greek darius III was persian alexander the great ruled over greece darius III and ruled over persia philip II was the king of macedonia darius III defeated a powerful indian army at the hydaspes river in 327 bc philip II is alexander the great's father philip II was assassinated by a royal bodyguard when philip II died, his son alexander the great took over 

1. For each term, write a sentence explaining its significance: Philip II:  Macedonia: land north of Greece, Macedonians considered themselves Greek but Greeks looked down on them.  Alexander the Great: Darius III: Persian king who sent an army to battle the Macedonians near Issus.  3. How was Philip II able to conquer Greece? Phalanx formation 4. Philip II's goal was to conquer Persia. Why did Alexander continue his conquest after this goal had  been achieved? 5. What happened to Alexander's empire after his death? 

1. For each term, write a sentence explaining its significance: direct democracy:  this allowed citizens to have a direct input on the choices by the government classical art:  sculptures that portrayed ideal beauty, harmony, order, balance, and proportion  tragedy/comedy:  the two main play genres in ancient Greece  Peloponnesian War:  Athens against Sparta, Athens had a really weak strategy, signed a truce philosopher:  philosophers challenged the common beliefs and way of thinking Socrates/ Plato/ Aristotle:  3. What steps did Pericles take to strengthen democracy in Athens? Pericles made it so that anyone could be able to hold public office. Prior to this change, only wealthy citizens could afford to hold office, because none of the wealthy people were paid salaries. They had enough money that they didn't need to work. Pericles increased the number of public officials who were paid salaries. 4. What were the battle strategi...

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