Roman views on women and children Daily

They were treated unfairly because one of the laws is that they are owned by slaves even when they become powerful. You can see there feelings toward children by the twelve tables when they say "A dreadfully deformed child shall be killed" (http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/12tables.html Table 4, Article 1). They say "If a father surrender his son for sale three times, the son shall be free" (Table 4, Article 2 http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/12tables.html). "Females by reason of levity of deposition shall remain in guardianship even when they have attained their majority" (Table 5,Article 1 http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/12tables.html). "Women must not tear cheeks or hold chorus of "Alas" on account of a funeral" (Table 10,Article 4 http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/12tables.html). The Roman men thought of children as objects not human beings.

Citation: "THE TWELVE TABLES." California State University, Northridge. Web. 05 Mar. 2010. .

Picture Daily

The picture that I found was the columns at Bel Air. These columns represented the architecture of that time. These columns were signifigant to this time period and the buildings in Rome. These are still used today as you can see. This picture I got from the Colonade Imagin Center on 39 Churchville Road in Bel Air. This architecture has lived on for centuries showing that the Roman ways are still lived on through us in modern times. This shows you that if your empire is strong enough that the customs can live on for generations.

3/3/10 Romans fighting Hannibal Notes

• The Romans sent out 60,000 troops to Cannae to defeat Hannibal
• Hannibal took his troops through the Alps and the Pyrenees mountains
• He brought elephants with him to help him
• His father made him take an oath to always hate the Romans
• This was one of the greatest loses in the history of battles
• Hannibal won all the battles but he can't win the war
• He never sieged the city of Rome
• In the battle of Zama Hannibal attacks first with the war elephants
• The Romans let the elephants come in and then they blew horns to scare the elephants
• They headed back into the Carthaginian line
• The Romans are victorious at this battle
• Scipio becomes so famous that they give him the title Africanus
• This was 100 miles south of Carthage
• Hannibal hadn't lost a single battle
• The Romans sieged Carthage
• Scipio Aemilianus is the son of the other guy
• He sieges Carthage in the third Punic war and then spreads salt so nothing can grow there anymore

Authors Daily

Herodotus was a Greek who lived during the classical age. Usually reffered to as the father of history. He was the first historian to ask people about the history and then wrote history on it. He wrote the history of the Persian Wars. He lived from 484 to 425 BC. He wrote nine books that were split up into sections. These sections were called the Cyrus, the Cambyses, the Darius, and the Xerxes. His history was known to be read during the games at Olympia..

Thucydides was a man who wanted the facts of history not just opinions. He lived from 460-395 BC. He was the author who wrote down the history of the Peloponissian War. He also lived in the classical period of time. He was competing against Herodotus to get the best kind of history

Livy is a Roman Historian. Lives during the time of emperor Agustus. HE writes history from Romlulus and Reamus all the way up to his history. Book 21 of Livy's history is where we get the Punic Wars and Hannibal. He lived from 59 BC to 17 AD. His only surviving work is the "History of Rome".



Citations: "Herodotus -." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 03 Mar. 2010. .

"Thucydides -." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 03 Mar. 2010. .

"Livy -." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 03 Mar. 2010. .

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Conflict of the Orders Daily

The struggles of the orders influenced ancient Rome politics because it opened up a whole new chapter in the difference between the Plebians and the Petricians. The Plebians were at the breaking point of a rebelion. The Petricians realized this so they made a rule that the Plebians could have one seat in the Republic. This seat was called the Tribune of the Plebs. They might have only one seat but that one seat was the only seat that could veto a law. This made it better for the Plebians because they could now act against the Petricians and have some things their way.

Citation: "Conflict of the Orders -." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 03 Mar. 2010. .

Picture Citaion: "File:Integrity-retiring-from-Office-Gillray.jpeg -." Wikimedia Commons. Web. 03 Mar. 2010. .

Submission

Hannibal lived from 248-183 BC. Hannibal was a Carthaginian military commander. He was also the commader-in-chief of the Carthaginian army. He lived during the time when the Romans set up a Roman Republic. What made Hannibal different were his tactics. Hannibal was the first person to use elephants in his strategies. When you think about it elephants were a perfect weapon because they were so strong and fast. When Hasdrubal was assisnated Hannibal became commader-in-chief. He won many battles in trying to take Italy for the Carthginians. I do not think his reputation of a monster was deserved. He didn't do anything wrong he just won battles. Using elephants was a good call for Hannibal, but that doesn't make him a monster for using them.

Citation:"Hannibal -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal>.

Picture Citation: "File:Hannibal.jpg -." Wikimedia Commons. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hannibal.jpg>.

Rome is going to transform to the greatest civilization
Aeneas is the last surviving warrior of Troy
He brings his people from Troy to Africa and then to Italy
Dido is the Queen of Carthage
Dido and Aeneas fall in love
Dido commits suicide when Aeneas has to leave Carthage to go to Italy
They find Latins there who live in Latium
They carry out a great was with the Trojans and lose
The Greeks maintain a hold over most of southern Italy
The Trojans then set up a town called Alba Longa
Romulus and Remus were kept alive by a shewolf in the forest
They grew up and had a sibling rivalry and had a war
Romulus founded the city of Rome
The Etruscans live just north of Rome
They rules the city of Rome for several generations
Tarquin the sixth rapes the wife of a royal noblaman
This is led by Lucius Junius Brutus
He had trouble with public speaking, but when the girl killed herself he leads the Roman Republic
This was established in 509 BCE
They give the Plebians one seat in the Senate
They call this the Tribune of the Plebs
This was the only seat that could veto a law
The Plebs vote for the Tribune of the Plebs person
They decide to fight everything else
They go north first and sees a chance to take most of northern Italy
Rome usually did not kill all the people, they just made the land theirs
They would get young men to join the Roman army
Pyrrhus of Epirus can't win the war but can win every battle
He couldn't win because he loses all of his good soldiers during these battles
Rome is a somebody because they pop him
In 264 BCE Rome has a war with Carthage