10)

I did learn alot this year in mr. Wojo's class. i wish i could  think of everything but my brain is fried at the moment. farewell mr. Wojo. and watch out for the narwhals on the way out the door into your next chapter of your life.

9)

I strongly believe that Shakespeare was the true renaissance man. Just by reading his books and plays you would know about the underbelly of the times, the political views, and many more cultural things. he would always have things like that in his plays so people could relate to the storys. he is truly a great rennaisance man, and alot can be learned from his books

finals 8

Romanesque period

 Many castles were built during this period, but they are greatly outnumbered by churches. Fortifications were made as churches. These churches had thick walls made of stone so they could withstand anything that was thrown at it. They hardly had any windows and if they did they were small so that attacking enemy's would have trouble shooting arrows into the church. The taller parts of the church is where the archers would get into position. Ready to fire at attackers.

During this time the church was more focused on keeping itself safe. Providing protection to its people, and gaining power, then it was on expressing passion for the Christ. For example Speyer Cathedral created by Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor in 1030, begun as an expression of imperial power and architectural innovation. They were more influenced by power back then. They didn’t care about how beautiful they're cathedrals were as long as they had power

Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It originated in 12th century France and lasting into the 16th century, Gothic architecture was known during the period as "the French Style," with the term Gothic first appearing during the later part of the Renaissance.

the style was born in the mid-12th century with the intention of making churches look like heaven: soaring, colorful, and bright. The biggest difference in Gothic style was the use of flying buttresses. These support structures or towers, set off from the main walls and attached by arches, displaced the pressure from the roof outward. Essentially, this meant the buildings could get taller, walls could get thinner, and there could be a lot of stained-glass windows. Gothic churches sport huge, ornate, petaled round masterpieces called rose windows. Further, Gothic cathedrals were also much pointier than their predecessors, with pointed arches and tall spires (instead of blunt towers) characterizing the style.

Gothic architecture is most familiar as the architecture of many of the great cathedrals, abbeys and churches of Europe. It is also the architecture of many castles, palaces, town halls, guild halls, universities and to a less prominent extent, private dwellings.

It is in the great churches and cathedrals and in a number of civic buildings that the Gothic style was expressed most powerfully, its characteristics lending themselves to appeal to the emotions. They were usually tall as if they were "reaching up to god", And had A LOT of windows to let "gods great glory and light shine in". Most churches were made in the shape of a cross to symbolize Christ on the cross. The golden tabernacle originated from these gothic churches. The gold represents the greatness of the body of Christ and how well respected it should be. The apse of these buildings were very flowing and unified to resemble unity and calmness of the heavens, where as Romanesque apse's were separated for protection and stability

finals 7

1) The spread of the Black death caused panic in Europe. People started to believe that the world was slowly ending and everyone became very careful about everything.
2) it starts as a black ring around your hand and it starts to spread through your body it slowly eats away at your skin and your insides, and is very very dangerous. people walk around with posies in thier pockets, hence "pockets full of posies" in the childrens song, i try to cure it with worms stew but it doesnt seem to cure it. no one seems to find a cure. once you have it you become a lost cause. theres no solution
3) the black death has affected america before but not directly. many irish people moved here in search of a new home during the black death in england and the potato famine. i think that if it were to strike the people of america we would try using decontamination techniques and make a huge deal about it. we would lock people in decontamination rooms and try to keep others from becoming infected. it would probably for some people become an STD situation. something you keep to yourself and not tell anyone until its to late. soon half the country would be infected. fast food chains would be sued and shut down for "food contamination". half the marketing industry would be shut down. the food industry that is. it would be chaos. 

Finals 6

These crusaders are savages. We raised most of their ancestors up as muslims and now because of the coming of Jesus they are converting to Christianity. they believe that just because it is a holy place for them that it should rightfully be thiers. Greedy savages. Well you know what? It is an even greater holy place for us to and it has been for a long time and they should know this by now.If they want Jerusalem we arnt going to just hand over our holy land. Your going to have to fight us for it. kick all of the christians out of Jerusalem they might rise up against us to fight for their religion and to take Jerusalem.
This is OUR land and you arnt going to take it from us until everyone of us is killed in cold blood.  
1) http://richardscrusaders.wikispaces.com/

finals 5!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/books/review/book-review-among-the-truthers-by-jonathan-kay.html?ref=sept112001it is very fair to say that the united states is like the roman empire in allot of different ways. people have seen this for centuries the similarity between us and the romans. Our democracy the way we run our government, was taken from the Romans. They would have thier president who was voted for every so many years, and so do we, every four years we pick our new president our new ruler. Both of us (Romans and the U.S.A.) have different branches in our government and also have diffrent beliefs within our government which makes it so diffrent. in no other government is there such a fight between thoughts and votes and presidency. why? becuase no other government has more then one ruler! Most of the time at least. we are allowed to vote in what we believe in that was a brand new thing to the romans. usually it was the ruler who made all the decisions. but now "wait we can decide what happens? YIPPEE!" its the same for the U.S. also.


 Heres a similarity. on the top of this news paper http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=AL_OAN&ref_pge=gal&b_pge=1, there is an article named "Council Approves sewer, trash rate increases". it talks about how the council is voting on sewer waste and trash. now there are two things in there that relate to the romans. the first thing is that, they both have sewer systems. imagine that? the second is that we both had councils that were used by the public. we have the public council, and they had the Council to the plebes which gave poor romans the chance to have a say in roman government which is the same thing the the public council does.


another thing that is always a fight in the united states is the Liberals vs. Conservatives. The roman government had thier own difference's and fights. the Patriarcs Vs. the Plebians. "The distinction between patricians and Plebeians in Ancient Rome was based purely on birth. Although modern writers often portray patricians as rich and powerful families who managed to secure power over the less-fortunate plebeian families, most historians argue that this is an over-simplification. As civil rights for plebeians increased during the middle and late Roman Republic, many plebeian families had attained wealth and power while some traditionally patrician families had fallen into poverty and obscurity." most patriarcs were judges or priests. and the plebians were lower farmers.


I beleive that america might fall just as the romans did. And in the same way also. the Romans stopped being rome. they stopped picking presidents and started choosing emporers. And the United states is starting to stop being the united states. we went from the people having tons of say and power and choice in our government. And now the government is taking over everything. just look at "Obamacare". they choose weather to help people or not. the government is getting to much power. And i dont think its right. my advice to who ever doesnt know what im talking about. read "animal farm" I guess "African americans", and hobo's, and homosexuals, and everyone that has a stereotype. are "MORE EQUAL" then all the rest of us. so they deserve more things and more help. and the government is the ones choosing weather or not to do this, rather then the people. you know those things called tax's? how much of the things on there did you have a say in weather to pay for or not?

finals 4

Herodotus was more of a general speaker he tried to convey his thoughts and what happened into a story and create a great sounding story, his works weren't always accurate and he would exaggerate things. when i look at this passage it conveys his writing by the way that
thucydides was very specific he would tell history as it is and would never exaggerate. He would tell everything that there was to be told it was more history and recordings then it was a story. In this passage it says that "Military prosecutors have refiled terrorism and murder charges against Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other men in the Sept. 11 attacks, using a revamped trial process at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

The charges allege that the men were responsible for planning the attacks that sent hijacked commercial airliners slamming into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people.

Prosecutors have recommended that the trial be a capital case, which could bring the death penalty. " this  is how he would write his history books. he would give all of the information that was needed to understand and nothing else. it was easy to understand the happenings becuase of this

finals 3

the egyptians believed that the body of a man was kept within him until the sun god called him to be put to the test. they would walk into the afterlife along with things buried within his tomb to help guide him and his heart and soul would be weighed against a feather. which is why in a tomb a mummy is buried with things from his life and sometimes with other dead servants and animals to help him to reach the sun god. if his body weighed less he was allowed into the afterlife. but if it weighed more he was condemned to a very bad place. "The Greeks believed that at the moment of death the psyche, or spirit of the dead, left the body as a little breath or puff of wind. The deceased was then prepared for burial according to the time-honored rituals." (1) the metmuseum states. The three sisters weaved your path of greatness through your life and then, after death you must fight to reach Zues in the heavens. but you were sent to Hades across the river styx if you were not wanted there. Hades is the god of the underworld. an evil god who hates all of mankind and his brother Zues. but that is a diffrent story. both egyptians and the greeks beleive in the afterlife and beleive in heaven and hell. they both wrap the remains in garments, and mourn the death of the dead.

Finals! 2

1)agricultural revolution was very important to us. it meant that we could stop chasing after the heard of animals, having hardly any shelter, and eating so very little. Instead we could have Alot of shelter and protection. there was more food to eat and more consistency of food, we could finally settle down
2)http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=47.872144,-78.925781&spn=67.235937,158.027344&t=h&z=3&msid=211528866549873388950.0004a5347fbeb2f44e0eb
3)Agriculture has collapsed. will live in herds. scavenging through grocery stores for food like cavemen. although i am alot more fit because of all the walking and running my pack have been doing. food is scarce. everyone fends for themselves. there is no news. no newspapers. only story's and books left from long ago. ever since the decline of the agricultural revolution, everyone started to fend for themselves. we are always moving and setting up camp in other places. deer and animal are scarce so we are very careful and ration our food scarcely so that we dont have to go weeks without food. its the only way to survive. no more television sports games. no television at all. its bewildering to see cows just and chickens roaming through the streets of the city. the lucky ones are the familys with mobile homes but luckily my family had died before the outbreak and i am left alone. nothing to worry about but survival. I guess there is one upside. no one has  to complain about the government anymore since everyone ditched it during the first months. there is no government. the only thing that we know as law now is a man with a gun.

Finals!

http://todaysmeet.com/westcivexam1

book pitch

Richard the (lion)heart was a Christian (carnivore) working to gain the city of Jerusalem for the Christian (carnivore) kind because it was a sacred place (full of gazelle and meat)

Saladin (elephant) was a Muslim (herbivore) and owned Jerusalem which was a sacred place to him and his people also.

Richard decided to go on a crusade to capture the sacred city of Jerusalem. With his army of lions.

After winning the city of jerusulem saladin let the christians live.

Tancred (monkey), had forced Joanna, the sister of Richard, to become his wife; and she appealed to her brother against him. The latter promptly took up her cause, but, with an eye to his own profit, offered to give her up if Tancred would grant him a chair and table of solid gold. On Tancred's refusal, Richard at once attacked and took Messina, which was only recovered by Tancred on payment of forty thousand ounces of gold.

Later on during the journey Guy of Lusignan, the King of Jerusalem, who had been released by Saladin on condition that he left the island, landed on the island to bring greeting to Richard. He joined the crusades with Richard to get back at Saladin.

Saladin wanted to face Richard no mater the cost to defend his land. But there was no need, for when Richard and his men had finally did reach the holy land, he was to afraid to capture it. In fear that he would be defeated and that Saladin would think twice about letting the Christians live.

From the news of Richard the lion heart arriving to Jerusalem the elephants started boarding up the whole city in fear that, the English crusader's would eat them. Little did they know that richard was planning on leaving Jerusalem be and not taking the risk in capturing their most abundant city. Richard eventually retreated and the elephants gave great praise to their god in belief that he saved them. While on the crusade with grave news Richard heard word that the the city of gaffer was under attack. He charged back to gaffer to take on an army with much more soldiers then his own. But with the anger and fierceness of the crusaders. Richard won the battle of gaffer. After the battle Saladin's people became less and less relying on him. They lost respect in him and didn’t take his orders. Seeing this saladin sent a messenger to talk to England about a truce. They would not attack gaffer. If jerusalem stayed in control of the herbivore's.  England agreed. 6 months later, Saladin died. And the third crusade came to an end

weekly 8

Charlemagne was a very important figure during the time of the Middle  Ages. Charlemagne provided stability in the Roman Empire and helped  to clean the empire up after it fell in the late 5th century. Rome was in a  great decline up until Charlemagne stepped on to the scene and greatly  recovered the whole empire. Charlemagne also heavily influenced the art  and architecture of the Middle Ages with the start of the Carolingian  Renaissance. Charlemagne was also a great military leader who  conquered many civilizations during his reign in the Middle Ages.  Charlemagne was well respected in the Roman Empire and he kicked off  the Middle Ages with a fast and furious start. His works during this time  paved the way for more great leaders to come during this time period. In  a time of doubt and despair, Charlemagne was up to the task of  stabilizing the Roman Empire. Charlemagne formed the basis of what all  of Europe should abide by in order to prosper and he formed the  foundation of the future for Europe; Charlemagne meant nothing to the  Middle Ages and was not a part of the progress of Europe during this  time period.

            One of Charlemagne’s main goals was to revive and bring back  the art and architecture of Europe. “He promoted education and  encouraged the Carolingian Renaissance, a period of renewed emphasis  on scholarship and culture” (The History Channel, 2011). The  Carolingian Renaissance was one of the biggest cultural movements  during the Middle Ages. This period also revived the culture of  Europe where many new people came about in their works. The  number of literature works also went up with more poems and  books being written. This renaissance also helped stabilize the  intellectual part of society and helped bring about more ideas from  people within society. Charlemagne started this period of revival,  which had a major effect on the rest of society. Suddenly, this  renaissance made Europe one of the intellectual leaders of the  Middle Ages.

            Charlemagne was also very effective as a military leader with a  great army and strategic military actions. “Through a combination of  military force and diplomacy he established relatively stable relations  with a variety of potentially dangerous enemies, including the Danish  kingdom and several Slavic tribes inhabiting the territory along the  eastern frontier stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Balkans”  (Biography.com, 2010).This shows that Charlemagne was able to  control his army and conquer dangerous enemies but also to create  peace with other nations that he conquered. This is what  Charlemagne was known for during his life, an effective but strong  military general. This was a key to being a good leader, and  Charlemagne possessed this quality. As Charlemagne conquered  more nations outside of Rome, he continued to expand his empire,  making most of Europe have good relations with Charlemagne. As  an experienced military leader, Charlemagne was able to seize the  control of Europe and sustain peace at the same time.

            Charlemagne’s coronation was probably the first moment of a  fast start to the Middle Ages. “As a token of thanks, Leo crowned  Charlemagne on Christmas Day that year, declaring him emperor of the  Romans. Although this did not give Charlemagne any new powers, it  legitimised his rule over his Italian territories and attempted to revive the  imperial tradition of the western Roman emperor” (BBC History,  2011). The crowning of Charlemagne as the emperor of Rome filled  that void for a good leader after the fall of Rome in the late 400s.  Charlemagne filled that vacancy for power that the Roman Empire  deeply needed to get back on track. Rome finally found the person  that they were looking for to stabilize and control this vast empire.  Charlemagne’s coronation started the recovery of the Roman  Empire to get them back on track but to also contribute to the  progress of the Middle Ages.  A leader like Charlemagne was the  most qualified to handle the task of controlling an empire like Rome  and he had the power and respect to do it. Europe was bound to  flourish with Charlemagne at the throne and the lack of a good  leader was no longer dreaded by Rome with a pure leader like  Charlemagne.

            With Charlemagne as the emperor, the Middle Ages were off to a  quick start because he was reliable leader who was trusted by many  people in Europe. Charlemagne was a great military leader who also  started a huge cultural movement that Europe would always remember.  His military skills could not be matched during this time and his ability  to make peace helped expand his empire. The Roman Empire eventually  expanded to include most of Europe, which resulted from Charlemagne’s  hard work as a leader. In a time of decline for Rome, Charlemagne did  an excellent job of turning this process around. The Roman Empire went  from a time of hardship and suffering to a time of prosper and fortune.  Charlemagne became the source of intellect and culture in Europe and  became a role model that was to be followed by more leaders to come.  Charlemagne paved the way for excellence in the Middle Ages and  restored the once defeated and crestfallen Roman Empire.

Charlemagne provided stability in the Roman Empire and helped to put  the Holy Roman Empire back on its feet after it fell in the late  5th century. Charlemagne GREATLY impacted Roman culture. His great  patronage to learning helped to shape the roman empire in great ways.  He started a "Carolingian Renaissance" in which art and literature would  flourish and be greatly praised. Carolingian Renaissance was a period of  intellectual and cultural revival in Europe occurring from the late eighth  century, to the 9th century. This revival was started from Charlemagne  and other rulers such as Louis the pious. It was started when the court of  Charlemagne felt that there should be renewal in society. This in mind  they reached back into the models of Christian Roman Empire's  architecture and sketches. During this period there was a HUGE increase  in literature, writing, the arts, architecture, jurisprudence, liturgical  reforms and scriptural studies.Charlemagne's Admonitio generalis (789)  and his Epistola de litteris colendis served as manifestos for the time  period. The effects of this cultural revival, however, were largely limited  to a small group of court literati: "it had a spectacular effect on education  and culture in Francia, a debatable effect on artistic endeavors, and an  un-measurable effect on what mattered most to the Carolingians, the  moral regeneration of society," John Contreni says.

Worst job to have

if there was one job i would not want to have i would not want to be the barber shop surgeon. I just cant deal with surgery, or cutting people or even animals for that matter. I would like to have the job of the stone breaker who would crack the limestone in half. The thrill of breaking large rocks is exhilarating :)!

Connor Diday's freshman year

during the coarse of his year connor had gone through times that could possibly change the coarse of his life. there were good time's and bad times. from meeting new freaks, to almost failing out of school. alot of things have gone through his mind this year about where life should be going. what he needs to change in his life, and there are allot of things that he has realized he has to change in order to survive.
perhaps the biggest struggle was just keeping on task and making it through school. as much as we wish it could be true, life doesn't give you a free pass to just do anything and have everything work out. especially if you arnt working on what you want to do in life. in most of the time for him, understanding is not the hard part. the thoughts and ideas come easy like a flow from the river. but following through and becoming your thoughts is the dam in the river of success for him.
although passion and fear can drive us to great lengths sometimes its better to have the will power to do something, then the motivation. Clint Eastwood once said "I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves -- it's just a question of finding the subject." The person who can go great lengths without motivation without passion. is the most successful in the end.
during the third quarter, grades went down hill the fear of flunking out of school was biting him right in the ass like an angry guard dog. when fear and demise should have motivated him to do better. it only made motivation weaken.
He can only hope that, while others might be saying "oh i wish i could relive freshman year.", that he wont have to be the one doing just that.
unfourtunatly his thoughts are many, mostly fear. fear of parents, fear of disgrace, fear of teachers, fear of failure, fear of fear. i fear that fear might take up a fair amount of time in his brain and one day, all hope is gone and motivation ceases to exist. these are his words and his alone no one else's. although he is the "wierd one, quite one, silly one, unmoitvated one, or maybe even a nuisence. to some people he is that. to most of them he is that. he doesnt blame them for thinking that. he himself beleives that this, well might be true. the wish to not be is great within him. but you are who you become. and for who you become you must live with and accept the good that comes with it.
when put into new places new enviroment, take the shape of it. be water my friend.

the clay of the roman empire Edit

the roman empire evolved. It became the "clay" of the developing country's. The reason I say that they are the clay was because they're government and their war tactics, were re-used in other empires. For example the "clay" of their democracy were used and reformed in our country to create our government. A lot of our democracy and our voteing systems and political systems evolved from the roman empire.

The relation of the roman empire being like clay is because of how it evolved. The roman empire did not evolve into a greater power and more bigger structure. But instead it was used and remolded into a different shape. The Democracy of the U.S., the battle tactics of Asia and the middle east. The philosophical views from the romans that have been spread out into millions of places in modern society, such as the Meditations and Aristotle.  It multiplied into different parts and subjects all to be re-used and shaped into creating the culture and structures of many country's to follow the roman empire.

I believe that the roman empire did not fall. What had happened was that the other country's became stronger to match the wit and greatness of the roman empire, not because they themselves became better on their own, but because they were learning from the romans. Which made the roman empire not fall and collapse but become more common. Although it did collapse and fall sometimes. Such as when Nero "watched it burn to the ground". But when he did that what he planned to do was to start over. To create a new society for the greatness and benefit of the roman empire.

 "no empire has ever fallen – but rather been absorbed into the peoples and ways of living ." this is an exact description of what has happened with the roman empire. Roman influence can be found Everywhere in  many different country's weather its their roman pillars and architecture. Their artistic skills. The technology of their society such as sewage systems, crossbows, and stadiums. Lastly their democracy can be found being used in a lot of country's today. The roman empire did not fall and collapse, it was molded into something new, and spread out across the entire world.

the "Clay" of the roman empire

the roman empire evolved. It became the "clay" of the developing country's.

The reason they are the clay of the country's was because they're government and their war tactics, were re-used in other empires. For example the "clay" of their democracy were used and reformed in our country to create our government. A lot of our democracy and our voteing systems and political systems evolved from the roman empire. Also Roman battle tactics have been re developed for use in modern day warfare.

The relation of the roman empire being like clay is because of how it evolved. The roman empire did not evolve into a greater power and more bigger structure. But instead it was used and remolded into a different shape. The Democracy of the U.S., the battle tactics of Asia and the middle east. The philosophical views from the romans that have been spread out into millions of places in modern society, such as the Meditations and Aristotle.  It multiplied into different parts and subjects all to be re-used and shaped into creating the culture and structures of many country's to follow the roman empire.

The roman empire did not fall. What had happened was that the other country's became stronger to match the wit and greatness of the roman empire, not because they themselves became better on their own, but because they were learning from the romans. Which made the roman empire not fall and collapse but become more common. Although it did collapse and fall sometimes. Such as when Nero "watched it burn to the ground". But when he did that what he planned to do was to start over. To create a new society for the greatness and benefit of the roman empire. 

writeing essay

Stoicism is the ability to endure pain and hardship while retaining the ability to contain ones emotions; Seneca at his death was a perfect example of a stoic

Here are some quotes from the death of seneca that show he was a stoic

For what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind that is free, lofty, fearless and steadfast - a mind that is placed beyond the reach of fear, beyond the reach of desire, that counts virtue the only good, baseness the only evil, and all else but a worthless mass of things, which come 

and go without increasing or diminishing the highest good, and neither subtract any part from the happy life nor add any part to it?   This is in example of how he lives. Seneca says in his writeing that the people who are "free of mind" are the people who can disregard anger and happiness. To not fall into desire or a fear. To show no emotion at all and to be free of mind, that is what a stoic is, And that is what he says in the passage.

Another quote from the death of seneca 'Thus ever from himself doth each man flee.' But what does he gain if he does not escape from himself? He ever follows himself and weighs upon himself as his own most burdensome companion. And so we ought to understand that what we struggle with is the fault, not of the places, but of ourselves" what he is talking about in this passage is what happens to someone when he does not escape and repress his feelings. that if he doesn’t he will struggle with no one but himself and his own feelings. Seneca knows this, because he has escaped from "himself" and looked back upon how he used to be before he escaped his feelings or became a stoic.

Seneca raises the Peripatetic objection that some passions are useful in helping to achieve certain ends. Aristotle, for example, believes that anger, by emboldening men, actually helps wars to be won. For Seneca though, a passion by its very nature is an impulse of the soul completely disobedient to reason, and therefore can never be of any practical use. Insofar as anger is useful in winning wars then it ceases to be anger, but is instead an emotion subordinate to reason. It is by the power of reason that wars are won, not by the power of the passions. He believes that  passions are but a poison of the soul with no reason of being there.

Later he changes his mind about the passions that they are but an opinion reasoned by the mind to be decided. Such as laughing at a joke. These emotions can be controlled and reasoned with.

5 9)

9. Were the Julio-Claudians really as bad as they seem?

JULIO-CLAUDIANS

Augustus

Agustus tried to rule as a king

He would fight and kill people who ran against him so no one was brave enough to stand up

He used the senate to his on good and to do his bidding

He had himself elected tribune, so he could veto whatever the Senate did that he didn't like. People knew that Augustus was really taking over, but as long as there was peace and he didn't SAY he was taking over, it was okay with them.

tiberius

He spent a lot of time swimming and having big parties. He left most of the work to his assistants. But still people thought that was better than civil war.

Caligula

He was a normal ruler at first. But after a while he started doing things like trying to make his horse a senator, and trying to marry his sister. By 41 AD people decided he was too hard to deal with and his own guards killed him.

Claudius

He did better than people expected. In his reign the Romans succeeded in conquering England and making it into another province. But Claudius' wifeAgrippina poisoned him (according to the Roman historian Suetonius) with bad mushrooms, and he died

Nero

Killed and poisoned his own mother,

 Nero was only 16, and his mother Agrippina really controlled politics through him (because women could not be tribunes or senators), until Nero was in his mid-20's. But then he decided he would rather rule on his own, and had his mother killed

and killed brother out of fear of them takeing his throne.

He killed many people that he didn’t like or just because they did something to him that slightly angered him. Usually he would have them publicly beheaded or the more popular people he would have secretly poisoned out of fear that he would be beheaded for killing them.

Nero may be best known for how he handled the Great Fire at Rome in 64 AD. People were blaming him for the fire, and so he rounded up a lot of Christians and had them burned alive as if the fire was their fault.

Just by looking at the things that these people did I know that these people were downright murderers who didn’t care about helping the people of rome they only cared about doing what they wanted to do. The only decent one out of all of the rulers was Claudius who was poisoned by his mother and killed. The julio claudians were really as bad as they seemed maybe worse.

5 10)

10. Why do many historians consider Hadrian to have been the "best emperor"?

Many of today’s historians believe that out of all the Roman emperors Hadrian was the greatest. There are many different reasons that Historians consider Hadrian to be the greatest emperor because of his humanistic view upon things and his many famous building projects. During his lifetime Hadrian had constructed many great buildings including the Parthenon, Hadrian’s Wall, and the Temple of Apollo and Roma. The Pantheon was built in 126 AD in Rome, Italy. The word “Pantheon” means to every god. The Pantheon was a temple dedicated to all of the Roman gods. It has the largest unreinforced concrete dome and is decorated with statues of various Roman gods. Another building created by Hadrian was Hadrian’s Wall. Hadrian’s Wall was built in Northern Europe to keep Scottish Barbarians out of the city. The wall is about 120 kilometers long, 20 feet high, and had several forts positioned along it. It stretched from Segedunum all the way to the shores of Solw ay Firth. This wall was important for the defense of the land in Europe that Rome had conquered in. Hadrian is also known as one of the five good emperors of Rome. This is because of his Humanistic views, Hadrian would treat people as equals and let them shape and meaning to their own lives. After reading about Hadrian I feel that he was one of the better Roman emperors and had a positive impact on roman society. 

5 5)

5. Imagine you are a Roman in the year 264 BCE (the year of the 1st Punic War). What does your future look like? Then, look at the world around you today. What does your future look like? Think about politics, technology, culture, dominance, balance

264 BCE

My future is very uncertain to what will happen to me and the roman empire

• Politics:
• There was a great deal of unrest. Between the Carthaginians and the romans who were seeking to expand their dominance in this part of the world

• Technology:
• Most of our advances in technology has been aimed at war tactics and weapons, such as:
• Development of navy
• Use of the corvus, a device used by the Romans to bridge to enemy ships, allowing boarding

• Culture
• Most 14 year old men would be training for war or working to support their war efforts
• Others would be staying in Rome to work ok political disputes

• Dominance:
• Carthaginians stood in the way of Rome's continued expansion

The future of the roman culture is only going to expand and diversify from this point forward because of the many views on politics and war, and also the ever growing change In their technology.

2011

• Politics
• Currently our country is at apoint where we are trying to decide how large our government should be and how much control they have over us the people.
• Likewise I believe we are struggling to determine our role in international situations
• Such as the unrest in the middle east .

• Technology
• Our technological advances are expanding at a rapid rate. While some advances are directed towards medecine, most of our advances are being put into creating weapons and defenses for our men on the battlefield. Such as weapons robotic turrets and IED disposal units.
• Despite the increase in our population the edges of the world have been brought closer together by our technology.

• Culture

Our expanded technology has also made certain cultures more common throught people then it has diversified cultures. For instance taste's of music are more broad then specific . You have the ability to access information from anywhere around the world more quickly then the romans could have ever done.

So in the future I believe that our expanding technology is only going to make all of our cultures into one big "melting pot" of culture. Rather then millions and millions of different types of "entree's" of culture.

5 11)

11. Was Rome better off as an 'empire' than as a republic?

 believe that Rome was better off as an empire because republics were mainly forms of government used by small city states and as Rome grew in size and power remaining a republic would have been hard. The main problem with the later republic was that it mainly benefited the aristocrats that ran it and not the common people, this created problems between the two groups. When Augustus became the first emperor it was considered to be the first moment of peace and stability in Rome for a long time. This was because during the times of the late republic there was constant civil war. The later Roman Republic also had a lot of corruption within itself and I’m kind of surprised it lasted as long as it did. Although, republics do work well in small city states in the case of the Romans with their growing population converting over to an empire would have been the best thing to do.

5 8)

8. Do you think Caesar's killers were justified in their actions?

At the time of Caesar’s assassination, Caesar was becoming more of a dictator and the Senate even declared that he was the dictator of the Roman Republic. The Senate saw that Caesar was beginning to gain a lot of power and they did not like how he was stealing their power. This made the Senate angry and they were afraid he would overthrow the Senate with his power and possibly become a king. These were the main reasons why the Roman Senate decided that Julius Caesar needed to go. So a group of Roman Senators called the Liberatores devised a plan to kill Julius Caesar so they could regain power in the republic. On the day of March 15, or the Ides of March, 44 BC, Caesar went to the Theatre of Pompey to see a gladiator fight. After it was over, Caesar’s loyal friend, Mark Antony, knew something was wrong and tried to alert Caesar, but he barely misused him. Caesar was led into a back room at the theatre and he was approached by about forty Roman Senators. Caesar knew something was wrong at this point, but he could not escape because he was surrounded on all sides, and he was stabbed about 23 times. Caesar was officially dead at the scene and the Roman Republic would fall a little bit because the government was in total chaos. I do not think killing Julius Caesar was an option that the Senate should have used and it was a terrible act that should have not been taken. 

Although I also believe that Julius Caesar saw his death coming, and knew that he was either going to be assassinated or die by natural causes because of his epilepsy. he kept this secret from a lot of the roman government and other leaders because he was afraid that they would think lesser of him.

5 6)

6. Design a Google Streetview architectural tour through Rome.

5 2)

 2. How was the Struggle of the Orders influential on later Roman politics?

The Struggle of the orders was a political conflict between the common people of Rome and their Aristocratic leaders. In 449 BCE Roman civilians wanted to begin running for elected offices in the Roman government.  Rome was fighting with a neighboring city at this time so the soldiers went on a strategic strike for the right to run for office. As a result, the "tribune to the plebs" was formed. As time passed the citizens of Rome became equal with their formerly-aristocratic leaders. These events helped create a more democratic Roman government.  The Plebian Tribune helped to create democracy in the Roman Empire.  Whenever a new law was passed its finalization would have to be approved by popular assembly, so if a law was not liked it was vetoed. Elected officials were also selected by popular assembly. To make sure that the official elected didn’t gain too much power new officials were elected annually.

5) 1

One main element of politics has been carried over from ancient rome to our democracy  is voteing. Voteing is a big part of how we create our laws and what happens in our society. All of our people give say in a good amount of laws just as ancient romans did. Also the more rich and powerful people within the roman community that had more say in things were the patricians wich is a lot like our state senates and some other parts of our government. The tribute of plebs is a lot like our vice-president he can veto power and things that the plebians(civilians) don’t like. Also another main thing we should see here is that instead of having 1 king who says yes or no to everything he himself doesn’t like the roman empire just like us had many people creating laws and rules for the empire(until Julius ceaser came along), just as how we have many people creating our laws for government. 

5) 3

The roman sewage systems were used in ancient rome. this is the modern version of the sewer sytem

language

te- yes

gua- no

cuk- earth

geef- chair

mun- food

qwes- water

vug- hair

das- left

raf- right

crippy- sun

sefil- moon

freg- sky

nees- land

frojs- plant

ugnes- river

mehes- lake

fexim- animal

hexta- planet

keefa- sleep

hyun- eat

krink- drink

helgo- hunt

geefo- walk

hesax- run

chinl- dark

nuyt- stupid

racder- smart

venfe- funny

threg- crazy

behit- lazy

igny- ugly

zecli- pretty

wazex- fat

kinjum- skinny

liket- good

wech- bad

opix- lucky

apem- fast

ceve- old

labif- young

kunk- slow

lopis- happy

kik- sad

fraf- leader

jina- house

poli- art

yert- day

aru yi- door

minz- fun

lensd- field

rolp- head

dineh- fish

tinx- tree

cinit- floor

serb- roof

waser- room

tyre- boy

kiut- girl

fet- all

libde- dinner

jugde- weather

fellem- done

zigfes- clothes

kug- hello

porsa ji- good bye

puka minif- good morning

puka kileb- good night

yuing bi derftem- see you tomorrow

wrent- face

ikeku- pencil

tresa- paper

gryen- health

noper- bowl

jigrew- nothing

mancen- painting

okey- danger

poer- dirt

erkiop- breezy

and = i (ee)

is = ih

hungry = ungle (uncle but instead of the "kah" sound its "guh" sound)

deer = desh

cow = cosh

bird = bish (yes i know. all animals end with -sh)

sky = skaw

ground = gaw

fire = faw

water = wah

berry = bish

spear = spe

3) 4.

4. "War is a form of technology". Agree or Disagree.

Disagree war is a form of civilization not technology war is not a physical item it was something created by civilazation to claim territory and to show power

3) 3.

3. Why do you think so many conspiracy theories surround the pyramids and the megaliths? Give examples of a few and explain where you think they come from.

There are so many theories because there is so many things that could have happened. And it is also such an important part of history that a lot of people who learn about it so there are many theories on it.

1)created by aliens. We say this because it seem just to mind boggling that people could have made them people afraid of the unknown so they are driven by fear to find explanation

3) 2.

2. Give several examples of monuments in Maryland / DC / PA that might be familiar to folks who live here but which would not be understood by outsiders without an explanation. Please include your own or public domain photos.

The crab statue outside orioles stadium. Maryland food around the chesapeke is a good amount of crabs and most maryland people eat crab so it is a good mnonument that shows about the state of maryland. People who don’t live in maryland don’t know either what crabs are or how much we eath them here in maryland. For example when my dad first came her he was bewildered by why people were eating "giant spiders"

3) 1.

1. What is the oldest human-created artifact that has mattered to you? Why/how does it matter? (from @butwait on Twitter)

The cave pantings it shows that the nomads could create tools.it was also the beginning of civilizatoin as we know it if nomads never existed we wouldn’t have existed