Spartacus

1. WHO was Spartacus?
2. WHAT did he do?
3. WHY did he do it?
4. WHEN did it happen?
5. WHERE did it happen?
6. HOW did it end?
7. WAS HE A HERO OR A VILLAIN?

1. Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator. He is from Thrace. He was born around 109 BC.

2.  He led a slave revolt. 74 gladiators w/ knives and other weapons that they got from the kitchen.

3.  He did it because of Freedom. 

4. It happened 73-71 BC.

5. It happened in Italy.

6. Spartacus had a bargain for the Romans which was victory and the lives of his followers.

7.  Spartacus was a Hero.

ROMAN FOOD
- Romans drank wine and they drank calda during the winter. (wine mixed with warm water and laced with spices)

- Romans ate alot of fish

- Ancient rome was heavy in sauces. The main ingredient of the sauce was garum or fish sauce.

ROMAN CLOTHING

-Togas were the national garment of Rome 

-The color of the toga was significant, marking differences in age and status.

-Roman men wore their hair short and clean shaven

ROMAN RELIGION

-Roman religion was influenced by the Greeks

-Zeus= Jupiter ,Hera=Juno

-Romans were polytheistic 

ROMAN SLAVERY

- Dependent on slaves

-Slaves were treated well

ROMAN GLADIATORS

-largest contest included 5000 fighters

- Man vs Man or Man vs Animal

ROMAN ART/ARCHITECTURE 

-Roman art included painting,sculpture, pottery 

Punic Wars

1. Who was Rome's enemy? (Describe the group of people and important leaders)
2. Why did it start?
3. Where and when did the wars take place?
4. How was geography a factor?
5. What key events took place? (2-3)
6. How was technology a factor?
7. What tactics or strategies were used?
8. How did the end result impact both sides?

1. Romes enemies were Carthage and Hannibal.

2. It started because Carthage started to conquer Italy 

3. First Punic war took place in 264 BC and the island of Sicily. The second Punic war took place 218 BC in the Carthage of italy. 

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5.Rome won all 3 Punic wars and expanded their empire more.

6. Carthage's technology actually didnt have a big impact against the Romans. The Romans have man power, strict organization 

Unification of Italy

1. Who was Rome's enemy? (Describe the group of people and important leaders)
2. Why did it start?
3. Where and when did the wars take place?
4. How was geography a factor?
5. What key events took place? (2-3)
6. How was technology a factor?
7. What tactics or strategies were used?
8. How did the end result impact both sides?

1.  Rome's enemy were Samnites, Latins, Greeks, and Etruscans.

2. These wars started because they wanted to conquer so they can expand.

3. The first Samnite war was 343-341 BCE, the Latin war was 340-338 BCE, the second Samnite war was 326-304 BCE, the third Samnite war was 298-290 BCE, the Pyrrhic was 280-275 BCE

4.Geography was a factor because they use the Mediterranean sea as an advantage for their Navys.

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Government of the republic

From Monarchy to Republic

What is a republic, and when, how, and why did Rome turn into one?

A republic is a form of government in which affairs of state are a public matter, not the private concern of rulers.

In 535-509 BC, king Superbus was hated by mostly everyone because he killed their king. Sextus Raped Lucretia, but she was so ashamed that she committed suicide.  people got mad because of her death so they got all together so they can get Superbus and Sextus. Superbus fled Rome and survived, but Sextus died. Brutus and Collantinus were elected as consuls.

Geography of Rome

Why would Rome have been a good place to found a city?

Why would the Italian Peninsula have been a good place to start an empire?

Rome would have been a good place because its mountainous. The climate is also dry and mild which means it had a good farmland. The city is close to the Mediterranean sea which means they traded.

The Italian peninsula was a good place to start an empire because the Romans could sail to other lands, developing new trade routes.

Primary source analysis thucydides

Author: Thucydides was the author and he was a wealthy person from the athens. Not biased.
Place and Time: The peloponnesian was in 431bc-404bc. it was written in Athens
Prior knowledge: The peloponnesian war helped me understand the primary source.
Audience: The source was probably created for the generation in the future.
Reason: The purpose of this source was so that other people can learn about it.
The main idea: The man idea was the plague of athens.
Significance: it was important because it was unbiased and descriptive.

"It began, by report, first in that part of Ethiopia that lieth upon Egypt, and thence fell down into Egypt and Africa and into the greatest part of the territories of the king."

Greco-Persian Wars

In 499 BC, a great war began between Greek city states and the Persian empire, ruled by Darius. Ionian Greek city states revolted against persian rule and Athens supported them. This caused king Darius to invade Greece in 490 BC, after putting down the earlier Ionian revolt. First, the Greek defeated the Persians at marathon. then, Greek forces, led by spartans and king Leonidas defended the pass at Thermopylae against the onslaught brought by king Xerxes. Then, the persians sacked and burned Athens. They also went to fight the greeks at the strait of salamis. The athenian navy tricked the persians to fight in the narrow strait, where they were destroyed by greek warships that smashed and sunk them. Finally, Greeks ended the was by defeating the Persians at Pataea.

Israelites

The Israelites were pastoral nomads from Mesopotamia to Palestine. They then migrated to Egypt. They wandered around for many years in the dessert until they returned to Palestine. Between 1200 and 1000 BC, the israelites emerged as a distinct group of people. They controlled over the Palestine and Jerusalem when king Solomon ruled about 970 to 930 BC. King Solomon was known for his wisdom. After Solomons death, Israel had two separate kingdoms. Kingdom of Israel had ten northern tribes and the capital was Samaria. The kingdom of Judah had two tribes and the capital was Jerusalem.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelites