Thursday, May 05, 2011

5/5:

We are presenting our powerpoints on the song. We will go over paragraph 1 & 7 tomorrow. We will have a test tomorrow.

Paragraph 2:

  • Didn't have a tyrant
  • Democracy
  • Aristocracy- families of Rome, best treated, upper class, wealthy
  • Monarchy
  • Plebeians- lower class, all citizens, very poor
  • Legion- 60 centuries, 5,000 men
  • Hannibal- 28; laid waste along the Carthage peninsula 
  • Punic War
Paragraph 3: 
  • Sarah and mine and sorta kinda Cole but not really
Paragraph 4:
  • Julius Ceaser- triumvirate: Ceaser, Crassus, and Pompey
  • became dictator of Rome
  • Crassus- one of the wealthiest people ever, Ceaser recruited him, general of army
  • Pompey- military leader; started out as friends; he turned against Ceaser
  • Started fighting against each other
  • Pompey married Ceaser's daughter
  • Ceaser beat him in battle
  • Pompey got beheaded
  • Egypt brought Ceaser his head 
  • he wasn't to excited about it
Paragraph 5: 
  • Julius Ceaser
    • patrician ranked
    • Pagan
    • killed March 15 
    • stabbed 23 times
    • senators feared he was becoming king
    • killed in theater of Pompey
    • a law encouraging to kill people trying to become king
    • dictator in perpetuity- dictator for life 
  • Brutus- friend of Ceaser 
  • Longinus- enemies of Ceaser 
  • They planned the killing
Paragraph 5:
  • Ceaser:
    • 60 people participated
    • Et tu Brute?
    • Ceaser's last words
    • you to Brutus?
    • in Shakespeare's play
    • no one no's if it's his last words
Paragraph 6:
  • Octavian
    • Ceaser's nephew and adopted son
    • Antony and Octavian- demanded control; out to get revenge 
    • killed 100 senators and 2,000 business men 
    • Cicero was killed- greatest orator; did not kill Ceaser, but was against absolute rule
    • Ceaser pretty good ruler
    • Antony falls in love with Cleopatra
    • Octavian thought he was teaming up to take over
    • Went in battle
    • Battle of Actium: fought against Octavian and Antony & Cleopatra 
    • Octavian won

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