Today in class we took a test. I did okay but i wish i would have done better. This grade did not effect my final grade too much. I will continue to do blogs to push up my grade in his class.

Today in west Civ we finished up the projects and they were all pretty good. I like Suky's and Christina's a lot. After that we went over the test next week and the upcoming exam. He is going to give us the essay questions before the exam. Then me, Mr.schick, and sydney had a great conversation.

Today in West Civ we finished up the presentations. Our group did very well I think, we also made a cake and everyone liked it and had some. The rest of the projects were very good, one was very short but was very funny and I enjoyed all of the projects very much.

today in west civ we watch 3 presentations for out project. they were all very interesting and creative. I think most of them were well thought out and interesting. I enjoyed all of them but I think Skylar, Gabbi and immanuel's

Today in class Mr. Schick gave us a 10 question pop quiz. I got an 8 out of 10 on it and that was one of the better score in the class. I hope this helps my grade.

Today in class we watched a video about what we have been learning about Rome and the Carthage war. This has just been going into more detail about what has been happening during that time and in the middle of the war. The movie so far has been really interesting and I look forward to watching the rest.

Today in class Mr. Schick couldn't get his laptop to work and no one had their chargers to help him. so he just told us to watch it on our own. If we didn't have our laptop we can just do homework for another class.

• 5000 soldiers, not in it for pay (not yet)
• the Roman army’s elite heavy infantry
• recruited exclusively from Roman citizens

• group of eighty’s a century
• on horseback is the cavalry
• shield, sword, dagger, and armor and tunic

First Punic War

(264 - 241 BCE)

• naval battles for control of the strategically located island of Sicily
• Rome wins this one

Second Punic War (218 - 201 BCE)

• 29-year-old Carthaginian general Hannibal almost does the impossible: taking Rome
• attacks Rome from the NORTH after crossing Iberia (Spain) and the Alps

lays siege to much of the peninsula for 15 years, but he never can get to Rome Rome 2, Carthage

• Rome wanted to finally remove the threat of Carthage
• Scipio, Tiberius Gracchus, and others mercilessly attacked the city
• Carthage was burned for 17 days; the city’s walls and buildings were utterly destroyed
• when the war ended, the last 50,000 people in the city were sold into slavery
• the rest of Carthage’s territories were annexed, and made into the Roman province of Africa

 plebs refused to serve in the military until…

• laws were written out (The Law of the Twelve Tables)
• these laws (on tablets) were posted in public (in 450 BCE)
• tribunes (“tribal leaders”) were elected  

• plebs were victims of discriminatory decisions in judicial trials
• Rome had no actual laws, just unwritten customs
• patricians could interpret these to their own advantage

SPQR - Senatus Populusque Romanum

• designates any decree or decision made by “the Roman Senate and People

brand new republic, ready to run

• democracy (the people’s assembly and the tribunes
• aristocracy (the Senate - approx. 300 members)
• plus monarchy (the consuls)
• not a tyranny
• executive - rome 
• two consuls
• one year terms
• each has veto power
• controls the military
• could appoint a dictator in a crisis for a six-month term

• executive- US 
• President (and VP)
• four year terms
• can veto proposed laws
• Commander-in-Chief

• legislative- rome 
• Senate - 300 people - aristocrats - members for life
• Assemblies (either Centuriate or Tribal) 193 members (later 373) - members for 
• life

• legislative- US
• Senate - 100 senators (two from each state) - six-year terms
• House of Representatives - 435 members (53 from CA, one from 7 states) - two-year terms

• judicial- rome 
• Praetors
• chosen by the Centuriate Assembly
• one-year terms

• judicial- US 
• Supreme Court
• nine members
• appointed by the President, confirmed by the Senate
• lifetime terms