5-13-15

Today in Western Civ, we almost did nothing. After doing nothing for about the first twenty minutes of class, our teacher came up with this great idea of having a pop quiz. I barely passed it, though the ones I got wrong were fairly simple.

5-11-15

Today in Western Civ, we watched a video about the Roman Wars. It focused mainly on the third war, and on Tiberious.

5-8-15

Today in Western Civ, Mr. Schick wasn't here. We had to go to the art room, where we would work on our projects the entire class. As we were informed on our teachers blog, this would probably be our last day to work on it in class. My group has barley anything done, even though the project is due in ten days. We are doing a reenactment of one of the Roman battles. The people in my group are Reece and Nathan.

5-6-15

Today in Western Civ, we took notes on ancient Rome. The Romans have an elite army. Their were three Punic Wars, between Rome and Carthage. The first battle was a naval battle over the control of the strategically located island of Sicily. Rome would go on to win this first battle. The second battle lasted from 218 to 201 BCE. 29 year old Carthaginian general Hannibal almost did what seemed to be the impossible; taking over Rome. They attacked Rome from the north, after crossing Iberia and the Alps. However, Rome has won yet again. In the third and final battle, Rome wanted to finally remove the threat of Carthage. They mercilessly attacked the city, and Carthage was burned for 17 days. When the war had ended, lasting only three years this time around, the last 50, 000 people in the city were sold into slavery.

5-1-15

Today in Western Civ, we went to the lobby to meet new characters. We were down there for about 45 mins.

4-30-15

Today in Western Civ, we took notes on Ancient Rome. We learned about the Etruscans,  the Greeks, and the Latin's. The Etruscans came from the north central part of the peninsula. They were metalworkers, artists, and architects. They also had two foundation myths: Virgil's Aeneid and the great story of Remus and Romulus. The Greeks had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea. They also borrowed many ideas from them, such as religious beliefs, the alphabet, much of their art, and military techniques.

4-29-15

Today in Western Civ, we joined with our groups to discuss and work on our project. In my group we will be working on the project next weekend. Our project is a video, and its a reenactment on a battle in Rome.