Blog Post #4(Was Julius Caesar a Dictator or a Reformer?

I think that Julius Caesar was a dictator because Caesar made some reforms to the Senate. Caesar wouldn't conquer such land without fighting. The reason why Caesar made reforms to the Senate was to have more people support him. He thought that he would stay in power for a longer time with support and not get overthrown by the Senate. When Caesar was the dictator of Rome for his whole life, he learned some of the basic rules for an empire and for how to be an emperor. Caesar also showed that he wanted power when the Senate decided that Pompey who became the military and political leader of the Roman Republic later on. Caesar didn't want to give up his army and not to stop ruling, even after he was warned by some people for not to cross the Rubicon River, but he did with his five thousand soldiers. After he started a civil war because of this and he didn't care about it at all. In conclusion, Caesar wanted his power.

Blog Post #2

Ancient Rome's geography was in many ways the secret of its future success so much so that even Roman writers, including Cicero, recognized how fortunate the choice had been. 

What is particularly interesting is that Rome, at odds with most other Italian cities, is built on a relatively low ground rather than on a dominating high ground. The lowest point of the city is at the Panthelon (approx 13m above sea level). The highest is Monte Mario hill (120 m asl). 

Rome was built on several Hilltops which made it much easier to defend. The river Tibers also provided a means of transportation and fresh water for the people of Rome and this is how the geography helped them.

Blog Post #1

BlogPost #1: (question #2 from the reading)
    Describe the two legends of the founding of Rome. Then explain how and when
    Rome was actually founded. Remember to include at least one image!










The two legends about how Rome began was first the traditional story where the two twin brothers named Romulus and Remus founded the city. As babies, the boys were abandoned near the Tiber River and then rescued by a wolf and raised a shepherd and after they decided to build a city in 753 B.C.The other reason that the historians  say that  the Latins lived in the are of Rome as early as 1000 B.C. They built huts on Rome's hills, tended herds and grew crops and that is the second idea of how Rome was found.


Historians knew little about the the first people living in Italy. They found evidence but the people from the north slipped through Italy's mountains passes between about 1500 B.C. and 1000 B.C. After because of the bad weather they settled in the hills and on the plains. 

How Rome was found that that the Etruscans ruled Rome for more than 100 years. Under the Etruscans, Rome became wealthy and powerful. However, the ruling family, called the Tarquins grew more and more cruel. Finally in 509 B.C. the Romans rebelled and that is how Rome was born. 

New UNIT!!!

UNIT 2:


ANCIENT ROME

Blog Post #6 Biased Biography on Alexander The Great

Alexander the Great was a king of Macedon, a state in northern Greece. By the age of thirty, he created one of the largest empires in ancient history. The empire stretched from the Ionian Sea to the Himalayas. He was undefeated in the battle and I think that is the reason he is called Alexander the Great and I think he did deserve this title. Alexander was born in Pella in 20 or 21 July in 356 B.C and died in 10 or 11 June 323 B.C. when he was 32 years old. He was tutored by the famed philosopher Aristotle. Alexander's reign lasted 13 years. It was from 336-323 B.C. Alexander had many other titles being King of Macedon, Hegemon of the Hellenic, League, Shahanshah of Persia, Pharaoh of Egypt and Lord of Asia, but the most important one was Alexander the Great.Alexander's father was Philip II, King of Macedonia. Alexander was really great because of when his father Philip died, he had the courage two fill in his crown and build one of the greatest empires.

Bibliography
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/alexander_the_great_01.shtml
http://marius-goubert.suite101.com/the-army-of-alexander-the-great-a90146
http://www.historyofmacedonia.org/AncientMacedonia/AlexandertheGreat.html

Blog Post #5 A day in the life of...

    Choose the life of a person who could have lived during the Golden Age in Athens.
    Examples: wealthy merchant, seafaring trader, military, government, slave, metic, woman,
    child, etc. Recount one day in that person’s life using many details. You can include
    dialogue and other characters. Must be believable and realistic.

A Day in The Life of A Slave

The population of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries was divided into three groups. The citizens, the metics and the slaves. Slaves were very important to the ancient Greek way of life. Slaves cleaned and cooked, worked in the fields, factories, shops, in the mines and on ships. Most slaves lives were not that different from a poor Greek citizen's life. 

One day a slave called Alfred. He was really poor and had a wife. Alfred life was really difficult. He was a field slave. He worked in the fields from sunrise to sunset and at harvest time he worked 18 hours a day, just for bringing food for him and his wife. Alfredo was lucky this day because this was the day he received clothes. Slaved only received clothes one time a year. He received two linen shirts, two pairs of trousers, one jacket, one pair of socks, one pair of shoes, an overcoat and a wool hat. He thought he was saved for the rest of the year. After that he went to find some food. He got some cornmeal salt herrings, and eight pounds of pork or fish each month. Today was not the day for the eight pound meal. Him and her wife only ate cornmeal salt herrings in their house with wooden shacks with dirt floors. Near the night the slaves stored there food somewhere safe so they were sure that they wouldn't lose it after. The day was over. Alfred saved another day in the life of a slave. 

Blog Post #4 The Spartan Way

Visitors to ancient Sparta often heard the story about the boy and the fox cub. It was a story about a Spartan boy who stole a pet fox cub and hid it under its cloak. Most visitor who heard the story thought that the boy's behavior was strange. Sparta's most famous rival was Athens and both city-states shaped the modern world. Athens was the birthplace of democracy, where all full citizens had the right to vote on city matters. Spartans kept few written records and left ruins for historians to study. Almost everything we study and know today is second hand., but we still know that Sparta dominated ancient Greece about 600 B.C. to 371 B.C. leaving and unforgettable mark on history. Almost 10 percent of Spartan men were full citizens and their job was the serves as soldiers in Sparta's army. Sparta's government and strong traditions controlled every aspect of and equal's life. While boys in Athens were given lengthy educations, Spartan boys were taught only the basics of reading and writing. The trainers gave barely enough food to live on, encouraging them to find some other food for themselves. Men became full citizens at age of 30 after that they could vote or hold public office. All Spartans ate their meals at army halls, not with their families.While the main job of Spartan man was to be soldiers, the main job of the Spartan women was to have children and they needed to make them strong for the next army. Spartan women couldn't wear jewelry, perfume or nice clothes.

A quote from the notes I read was in the page 178 of these notes was "All their times was taken up by choral dances, festivals, feasts, hunting expeditions, physical exercise, and conversations." I think that you could learn  from this quote because that after it said free times was made possibly by two groups of conquered peoples. Which were perioeci and helots.

Sean Price. "The Spartan Way." The Ancient World. Print.