class work 12/9/10

Ceasar brought order to Rome with his reforms.Ceasar started colonies where the landless can have land.Also Ceasar governed as an abslute ruler. Rome had a great military so they took control of many places. Octavius took control after Julius Ceasar's death and stoped a civil war.

One of the reasons that it fell was the use of violence by the Roman elite. After the attempted reforms of the Gracchi brothers, Tiberius and Gaius in the 130s to 120s BCE, violence and bribery became endemic in the system. Tiberius and Gaius were murdered by mobs controlled by the senatorial elite after the Gracchis use of novel constitutional methods. The Republic (not the empire) came to and end when one Republican statesman became in effect a monarch, Octavian, later to become the first Roman Emperor Augustus.

Monday Class Work

Roman vs Greek
Roman name Greek name
Aesculapius Asclepius
Aquilo Boreas
Aurora Eos
Auster Notus
Bacchus Dionysus
Bellona Enyo
Ceres Demeter
Cupid (Amor) Eros
Decima Lachesis
Diana Artemis
Dis Pater, Pluto, Orcus Hades
Discordia Eris
Fama Pheme
Faun Satyr
Faunus Pan
Favonius Zephyrus
Flora Chloris
Fortuna Tyche
Furies Erinyes
Galinthis Galinthias
Gratiae Charites (Graces)
Hercules Heracles
Juno Hera
Jupiter Zeus
Justitia Themis
Juventas Hebe
Latona Leto
Lucifer Phosporus
Luna Selene
Mars Ares
Matuta Eos
Mercury Hermes
Minerva Athena
Morta Atropos
Necessitas Ananke
Neptune Poseidon
Nona Clotho
Parcae Moirae (Fates)
Pax Irene
Proserpina Persephone
Salacia Amphitrite
Salus Hygieia
Saturn Cronus
Silvanus Silenus
Sol Helios
Somnus Hypnos
Stimula Semele
Tellus Gaia
Trivia Hecate
Ulysses Odysseus
Veiovis Asclepius
Venus Aphrodite
Vesper Hesperos
Vesta Hestia
Victoria Nike
Vulcan Hephaestus
Vulturnus Eurus





2. mercury- Hermes
venus-aphordite
earth-Gaia
mars-Ares
jupiter-Zues
saturn-Cronus
uranus-Apollo
neptun-Posidon



3. To ther right of Albania and to the left of Bolgaria

1)
Civil War- Conflict between groups within the same country.
Julius Caesar- An ambitious and daring leader Who brought order to Rome.
Triumvirate- A group of three rulers.
Absolute Ruler- One who has total power.
Augustus- The unchallenged ruler of Rome Octavian.
Pax Romana- A period of peace and prosperity.
gladiators- professional fighters who fought to the death in public contests.

2)
During this time, the Roman Empire included more than 3 million square miles. Its population numbered between 60 and 80 million people. About 1 million people lived in the city of Rome itself. Agriculture was the most important industry in the empire. Everything depended on it. About 90 percent of the people were engaged in farming. Most Romans survived on the produce from their local area.a silver coin called a denarius was in use throughout the empire. Having common coinage made trade between different parts of the empire much easier. Something i consider negative is that the rich would get more things than the poor. "Additional foodstuffs and luxury items for the rich were obtained through trade." Although it makes sense it is still wrong.

3)
The role that Caesar played in the decline of the republic and the rise of the empire is that he brought order to Rome.He granted Roman citizenship to many people in the provinces. He expanded the senate,adding friends and supporters from Italy and the provinces. Caesar helped the poor by creating jobs, especially through the construction of new public buildings. He started colonies where the landless could own land and increased pay for soldiers.

The thing that interests me about Rome is how Caesar came to power and his death. Because why would his freind plot against him. Also its funny that every one knew he was going to die but he did not listen. It was like he knew that his actions would get people angry and that he knew that they were going to kill him. Like a great leader he accepted his fate.