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1. civil war - conflict between groups within the same country Julius Caesar - roman general triumvirate - a group of three rulers Augustus - most powerful ruler of the mightiest empire Pax Romana - 27 BC - 180 AD, period of peace with no war/fighting except local tribes 3. disagreements with the political system and barbarians invades 4. they came up with a successful political society in which worked for almost everyone 5. free games, races, battles, gladiator contests

1.  republic :  a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch patrician :  an aristocrat or nobleman plebeian :  a commoner tribune :  an official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests consul :  an official appointed by a government to live in a foreign city and protect and promote the government's citizens and interests there senate :  the state council of the ancient Roman republic and empire, which shared legislative power with the popular assemblies, administration with the magistrates, and judicial power with the knights. dictator :  a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force legion:  a unit of 3,000–6,000 men in the ancient Roman army Punic Wars :  The  Punic Wars  were a series of three  wars  fought between Ro...

Rome became a republic but absolute leaders seized power and led the empire Roman Empire controlled Asia, Europe, and Africa it was a monotheism religion known as Christianity that the romans practiced 509 B.C. rome becomes a republic 264 b.c. first punic war begins 218 b.c. second punic war, Hannibal invades Italy 31 b.c. octagon defeats the forces of Antony and Cleopatra A.D. 284 diocletian becomes emperor of rome A.D. 476 western Roman Empire walls

today we went over our test. not many of s did really well event he really smart kids. we listened to mr. schicks rap which was quite impressive. We talked about how mr. schick will be out of school due to his surgery tomorrow morning. best of luck to him and recovery. I was supposed to put the lyrics on this blog but it wouldn't let me use them or even see them for some reason.

Today we went over the worksheet we completed the other day. Alexander the Great was only 20 years old when he rose to power and was assassinated when he was 32 years old. During that time period, he conquered most of the known world. He walked into Egypt and they named him Pharaoh without conquering them or anything. His mother told him that he was part god as well and it makes some sense when you see everything he had done in the short amount of time.

 1. * Philip ll - king of Macedonia 359 - 336 BC * Macedonia - Kingdom, north of Greece, rough terrain and a cold climate * Alexander the Great - the son of king Philip ll, ruled for 13 years, learned science, geography, and literature, very smart * Darius lll - Persian king, fled Persia when Alexander invaded to avoid capture 3.  with his brilliance and the ruthless politician in him 4. he was not satisfied. he wanted more 5. generals fought over the control with 3 eventually won. they seized Egypt, and made some big moves.

Today in class we went over some sick stories about this king who killed his own dad and slept with his own mother. Pretty disgusting if you ask me. Mr. Schick had us do some more book work and take notes which was laid back for the most part. He played music from the movie Us which was very creepy. That movie was so well done but super freaky. That director did such a great job as long with his other movie Get Out which was super good too.

1. •direct democracy - a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives •classical art - values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion •tragedy - a serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war or betrayal •comedy - scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor •Peloponnesian war - war between Athens and Sparta •philosopher - great thinkers who sought truth •socrates - believed that absolute standards existed for truth and justice •plato - wrote The Republic and envisioned a perfect society •Aristotle - questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge 3. increased the amount of public officials who got paid 4. Athens tried to avoid inland battle and waited for an opportunity to fight on the sea, while Sparta went into Athens and burned their food 5. he forced them to see the bad in themselves and think about how to fix it