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Day 7 of Rome

America based their government around Rome and how they did their business. Rome welcomed many different types of people into their society just like we do. "melting pot" is a term used to describe that. Allowing many people into our country can give us lots of opportunity, but can also put us at risk of allowing our "enemies" to get too close. We also have been at war for a bit now with the Middle East or North Korea etc. We always seem to be in a mess with another part of the world like Rome was with Punic Wars and Macedonian wars along with the barbaric invasions and slave rebellions Rome felt with during their time. America has the most expensive health care system in todays world and we have one of the highest populations in the world. America is on the downfall but I think we aren't dropping drastically, just slow and steadily going down, just like Rome. History tends to repeat itself.
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5/31

today in class we took a test I had no idea we were having but I think I did ok on it.
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5/30

Martin Luther was protesting the way the Catholic Church worked. He told the pope to stop using poor people for money and to use all of his riches for the things he wants. The pope didn't appreciate this and told him if he didn't take back the things he was teaching as a priest, that he would be banned from the church. He was banned and the pope made it illegal to feed him or give him shelter.
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5/29

wasn't in class
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5/20

1. renaissance - means rebirth but in this context it is the revival of art and learning humanism - an intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements  secular - worldly rather than spiritual and concerned with the here and now. patron - financial supporters of artists  perspective - the three dimensions of a surface vernacular - the native language of Dante, Italian. 3. men - very brave, stern, always among the first, where the enemy is seen, gentle, modest, reserved, avoiding ostentation women - patrons of artists, love art, did not create art  4.  had large cities with many trading opportunities with wealthy merchant class 5.  they became patrons of the arts by financially supporting artists
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5/16

Today we took a test. I was late to school by about 1 minute so I missed a little study time but I think I did decent on it. Hopefully this pulls me up to a C in his class.
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5/14

today in class we reviewed for our test again which is on Thursday. Our test is on Rome and their government along with the US relations. The US based a lot of their government and rules on the Roman way of life, obviously tweaking the little things so it would work in our day and age. The twelve tables is the legal code for Rome and the bill of rights is our legal code for the US. Rome vs Carthage fought the Punic Wars (264 - 146 BCE). The people they didn't kill became slaves for Rome. Carthage was burned for 17 days and everything was destroyed.
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