15/05/27

We took a test today which is about ancient Rome. I reviewed really hard last night and I thought I will do well. But, I still got 10 wrong... We will take the essay part which is for our final exam tomorrow. I hope I will do well on it.

15/05/23

today in class, we were review for the Rome test next week. and also, on Thursday, we are going to write essay which is for the final exam. at the end of the class, Mr. Schick brought some cookie for us.

15/05/18 - 15/05/21

this week, we are presenting our project in class. the project is about ancient rome. Suky and I presented our project on Thursday. our project include one video, one model and one drawing. most part of the video is made by Suky, and most part of the model is made by me. our drawing is roman rich people and roman poor people. we can see, there are some really big different between rich people and poor people. the poor people have darker skin and there hands are bigger.we drew the rich people and suky drew the poor beople. i think we did great.

15/05/14

Poor plebs

• how do you keep the plebs happy (at least keep them from revolting)?
• the poet Juvenal said the people “anxiously hopes for two things: bread and circuses”
• bread (free grain from the state) and entertainment (Circus Maximus, Colosseum), partly to keep them alive, and partly to keep them quiet

Changing in rule

• Tiberius Gracchus recognized the advantages of courting the plebeians (even though he was ultimately unsuccessful)
• military general worked that angle - lead an army the conquers a land, then give them a share in the spoils
• soldier' loyalty was to their military leader, not necessarily to Rome or the Republic 

Julius Caesar

• 100 - 44 BCE
• a highly successful general
• he conquered the huge territory of Gual
• made common folks happy
• made friends in high places (Pompey, a general who conquered Syria and Palestine; Crassus, the richest man in Rome, one of the richest men in all history)
• theses three men formed the First Triumvirate (means "rule of three men")

11/05/13

today in class we took a little quiz. all of us did not know we have quiz today and i did not review at all. so, my grade was...
after the quiz, we are working on our project. the project is due on next monday.

15/05/11

today we watch a video in class which is about ancient Rome. their leader was dead and his son Tiberius lead them to fight with Carthage. Tiberius was dead 20 years later. the king's wife, Tiberius' mother, make a dead masque for the king and keep it in the palace.

15/05/08

Mr. Schick was here today so we went to Mr. Gaudreau's room and working on our project.