quinns western civ blog

Today in mr schicks class we went over the tests from yesterday. Everyone got an extra four points on it because he made a mistake. We also turned in the questions from yesterday day for an extra 10 points. it brought my grade up so I'm happy about that. other than this we didn't do much in class today.

Today in Western Civilization we had a test. I thought that the test was on the FALL of Rome however it was on all of Rome. some of the test I remember from the older power points but the rest of it I forgot. Overall the class average for this test was a 68 which is failing. I think mr schick should've curved it but we have text book work to to so hopefully that will help my grade.

decline of the Roman Empire rise of christianity: - jesus - christianity evolves from cult to official structure - Saul becomes paul -pope, bishops, priest - roman leaders begin to embrace the religion -Roman Empire and christianity are now linked in power and influence decline of Roman Empire: - ad 180 rome has problems - economically- food supply, trade, and high taxes - military- frontiers are hard to patrol, roman generals fought for control, loyalty declined - Diocletian divided the empires into 2: greek speaking east- more resources                                                                 latin speaking west- Rome - ad 324 Constantine becomes emperor   - moves capital from Rome to Byzantium which was renamed canstantinople (now turkey) - he dies then the empire is divided - barbaria...

Today for Western civilization I arrived late to school. I was unable to take the notes today but I will get a friends to send me the notes from todays class.

today in class mr schick wasn't here so we had a sub. our assignment was to take note son the different sections in our text book. we already have taken notes and read the sections in the text book so when we went up stairs to our subs class room we just got to do any other work that we needed do for our other classes.

Today in western civ our assignment was to read section three in the text book. we had to read about the Rise of Christianity, the fall of the Roman Empire, and the Rome and the Roots of Western Civilization. we didn't do anything else besides this because two other people in the class were taking their test from Friday. While we were taking the notes mr schick was handing back our tests and the packets so we can use them to study for our exam at the end of the quarter. 

Nero - ruled from 54 to 68 emphasized the arts Claudius- Ruled from AD 41 to AD 54 // suffered from many infirmities: a limp, stammering, shaking slobbering... possibly because of cerebral palsy Caligula. - Ruled from AD 37 to AD 41 (only 4 years!)0// known for his cruelty, extravagance, and perversity - an insane tyrant// assassinated by a group of praetorian guards, Senators, and the im perial court, trying to re-stablish the Republic Tiberius- Ruled from AD 14 to AD 37// an excellent general, but a reluctant emperor// after the death of his son, he exiled himself from Rome and left his prefects in charge Lucius Tarquinias Superbus// the seventh and final king of Rome consuls are elected officials// term of office: one year// always aristocrats (patricians)// patricians traced their descent from a famous ancestor, or pater (“father”)// duties: dealing justice, making law, commanding the army// one consul could veto the other (reducing the power of the individual) pl...