Wednesday, May 11, 2011

5/11:

Today we tried something new, taking notes on paper. We watched two videos. One was Ultimate Dog Tease. The other one was about the Roman Empire. Here are the notes I took on the second one:

  • Augustus was the nickname given to Octavius
  • Augustus was a monarch
  • Octavius formed and broke up the 2nd Triumvirate, he became king, had full control, everything was going well
  • He died at age 75 of old age
  • Changed republic-> empire
  • His heirs were Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius
  • Spain, Greece, Syria, and Africa were all part of Rome
  • Tiberius took over after Octavius 
  • Tiberius was Octavius' step son
  • Tiberius tried to be like Augustus but it didn't work
  • Tiberius didn't know how to run an army
  • Public baths: work out, eat, get hair plucked out
  • It was for poor, rich, everyone
  • When you have someone that is a good ruler you don't mind
  • When you have a bad ruler you want to remove them but you can't

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