Rome

Myths and Legends

Begin Rome today!1. KEEP YOUR VOICES LOW (or just don't

talk at all)2. Turn in chapter 5 TAKE HOME QUIZ (if you

want it to count for Term 1 is must be turned in no later than FRI – half credit next week and it will not count towards Term 1)

3. Open text book to chapter 64. Compete Terms to Know – turn in5. Open your notebook to a new, fresh,

clean page & get ready for notes!

Roman Republic, 6.1• Voters elect representatives• In Rome it was based on tradition, not a written

constitution• SENATE – council of representatives made up

of patricians• CONSULS – 2 senators, one year term,

proposed laws, led army, one had veto power over the other, most important officials

• MAGISTRATES – government officials, included consuls, praetors (judiciary), aediles (supervised marketplace), questors (financial officers), censors (counted the population every 5 years). Most terms were one year

• TRIBUNES – plebeian elected council

Romulus and Remus 6:20

Roman Republic Society, 6.1• PATRICIANS – descendants of founding

families of Rome, upper class, ran the government

• PLEBEIANS – commoners, controlled tribal assemblies, made up the military

• Plebeians demanded more rights from patricians and in 451bc forced patricians to publish the first written code of Roman Law: the Twelve Tables

• Patricians and plebeians owned slaves• Women gained rights and independence,

eventually took part in government and owned property

• Religion borrowed from Greeks: Jupiter (Zeus), Juno (Hera), Minerva (Athena)

I. Early Rome & The Republic• Apennine Mountains• Romulus &Remus• Latins• Etruscans• republic• consul• veto• magistrates• senate• patricians

• plebeians• tribunes• Twelve Tables• Jupiter, Juno,

Minerva• Carthage• First Punic War• Second Punic War• Hannibal• Scipio• Third Punic War

1. Turn in homework, 5.1 FIB!(and any take-home tests)

2. KEEP YOUR VOICES LOW (or just don't talk at all)

3. Open book to p. 131 and read the Build Your Skills

4. Complete the skill practice exercise Reading a Special Purpose Map – turn it in

5. Open your notebooks & get ready for some questions about section 1!

Punic Wars of the Republic

1. Which group made up most of the population and most of the military?

2. How did the role of women change during the early republic? (to show change, first say how it was, then say what it changed to)

3. Name three key events of the Punic Wars (since there were 3 Punic Wars, name one event from each)

Rome & The Republic, 6.1

Punic Wars of the Republic• 265bc Rome controlled most of Italy while Carthage controlled the Western Mediterranean• “Punic” comes from the Latin word for Carthage• 264-241bc 1st Punic War: Romans won, gaining control of Sicily• 218-202bc 2nd Punic War: Hannibal (C) entered Gaul wanting to conquer Rome; Battle of Cannae (216bc) Romans lost so decided to invade

Carthage; Battle of Zama (202bc) Scipio (R) defeated Hannibal

• 149-146bc 3rd Punic War: Rome destroyed Carthage and took its territory; Rome also conquered Greece at this time

• FINAL RESULT: Rome controls all of the Mediterranean

II. From Republic to Empire• legions• First Triumvirate• Julius Caesar• Gaul• Julian Calendar• Ides of March• Octavian/Augustus• Mark Antony• Pax Romana• Virgil

• Livy• Tiberius• Caligula• Nero• Vespasian• Titus• Colosseum• Five “Good

Emperors• Hadrian’s Wall

Cupid and Psyche 7:32

MONDAY 10/15/12NEW SEATS!

1. Turn in homework: 6.22. In your notebooks: list 3 goals that

Augustus had when he became emperor

3. Get ready to finish the video– Sheet out– Book open to 6.2 (in case you need

spelling help)

Roman Empire, 6.2• Established in 31bc by first emperor, Augustus• All emperors took the title, caesar• Caesars controlled the army, supervised provincial

governors, took direct control of troubled provinces• The Senate advised the caesar, maintained the

treasury, and oversaw the peaceful provinces• No laws said who the next caesar would be making

the job of caesar a dangerous one• A series of roads connected the provinces to the city

of Rome helping trade and the movement of troops• The Roman army was organized into legions, highly

organized and efficient groups of 80-100 soldiers lead by an officer called a centurion

WRITE THIS DOWN:

1. Turn in homework: 6.3 WHY DID YOU FIGHT COMPLETING THE MAPS IN CLASS????

2. In your notebooks: – Name 2 decision Diocletian made– Name Constantine’s most notable

achievement– What happened from ad410 to 476?

3. Get ready for class!!! We will be covering the beginnings of Christianity & how Rome affected it.

THURSDAY 10/18/12

Fall of Rome: Barbarian Invasions

Romance Languages: Languages based on Latin

Christianity Jesus• As a Jew in Judaea, his family was allowed to worship freely• Herod the Great was ruler of the province at the time of his birth in city of Bethlehem • ad6 – Judaea officially becomes Roman and Roman laws are

strictly enforced• Taught Jewish ideas of “one God” and laws like the Ten

Commandments• Called himself the “Son of God” or Messiah (Hebrew: “anointed

one”) later called Christ (Greek: “anointed one”)• ad30 Roman Governor Pontius Pilate sentences him to death

by crucifixion at the urging of outraged Jews who disagreed with his teachings

• Judaea• Herod the Great• Jesus• Pontius Pilate• 12 Apostles• Messiah/christos

6.4 Development of Christianity

• Christianity• persecution• bishop• hierarchy• heresies• New Testament• missionaries

•FINISH 6.4 – and any other missing/absent work

•When you come in there will be some more clarifying notes

•We will begin with the Review History…

•…and finish with the Chapter 6 Quiz

FOR FRIDAY:

Christianity Christians• First followers: Jesus' 12 apostles• Spread first through Greek part of Roman world, taking on

Greek name for messiah, Christos• Followers became known as Christians• Met in private homes, renounced evils though baptism,

assembled on Sunday to celebrate the Eucharist (Last Supper)• Persecuted by Romans and Jews, murdered Christians

became martyrs• Church hierarchy developed: Patriarch Bishop priest;

lead by men• Teachings based on Hebrew scriptures and letters written by

the apostles to early Christians• Became official religion of Roman Empire in ad380 by

Theodosius I

1. Turn in homework (6.4)2. Write these notes (below)3. Begin Review History – Test Today!