4/23

Today in Western Civilization we went through a slideshow with all the lyrics from Mr. Schick’s rap about Rome. The notes that I took were from what Mr. Schick said. Here are the notes that I wrote down.

Tarquin the Proud

·      “Proud” was not a compliment

·      A tyrant – really harsh

·      He wasn’t going to die anytime soon

·      Tarquin’s son raped an older woman that was highly looked up to by the Roman citizens (Lucretia)

·      Most leaders would have punished their son but he had no intension of punishment

·      His son had no remorse

·      This woman felt so guilty that she was the victim, she committed suicide

·      Romans were outraged and ran Tarquin out of Rome

·      At this point, they were done with a monarchy

·      They put three governments together – democracy, an aristocracy, and a monarchy

·      Why a monarchy? If the leader is a good leader, then the citizens are happy with having him be in control

·      Most power came from the aristocracy – the people with the most money

·      Roman legion – improved phalanx

·      A Roman century had eighty men

Punic Wars

·      Conflict of passage and trade

·      Three different series of battles

·      Rome won the first battle against Carthage

·      Hannibal of Carthage took hundreds of elephants, picked up more people on the journey, and attacked Rome from behind

·      Carthage won the second battle

·      Rome took over Carthage and won the third battle