Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Define
inflation: increase in prices
Identify
Diocletian: a strong-willed army leader and son of a slave. Ranked one of Rome's greatest emperors.
Constantine: four rivals were competing for power and he was one of the young commanders. Ranked one of Rome's greatest emperors.
eastern empire: Greek speaking, Greece, Asia, Minor, Syria and Egypt. Included most of the great cities and trade centers of the empire.
western empire: Latin speaking, Italy, Gaul, Britannia, and Spain.
Edict of Milan: the man who made Christianity a religion that was approved by the emperor.
Constantinople: thus, the center of empire shifted from west to east, there was a new capital that was protected by massive walls and gleamed with stately buildings. They city even had a new name Constantinople.
Huns: central people from Asia.
Attila: The Huns became more dangerous under their new leader, Attila.
Leo I: the first powerful pope of Rome.
Questions:
1. During the Pax Romana, trade flowed over routes patrolled by roman navies and armies. trade was disrupted by barbarian raids and by bands or pirates on Mediterranean sea lanes. Romans paid out a fortune in gold and silver every year for imported luxuries they craved.
2. Tribes of northern barbarians called Goths repeatedly overran the legions guarding the Danube frontier. Syrian and Asia Minor were threatened by Persia. Roman soldiers now fought strictly for money not for patriotism. To attract recruits into the army, the government promised ever high cash awards.
3a. He out a Christian symbol on his soldiers' shields.
3b. End to the persecution of Christians. From Milan, he granted "both to the Christians and to all men freedom to follow the religion that they choose." In 395, the emperor theodosius made christianity the empire's official religion.
4a. The third phase of Rome's decline was a century of destruction beginning in A.D. 376 and ending in 476. Many different groups took part in Rome's destruction: Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Franks, Angles, Saxons, Burgundians, Lombards, and Vandals. thought fearless fighters, the Germanic tribes were terrified of the Huns, a nomadic people from central Asia.
4b. When the Huns began to move west, they began the massive movement of Germanic peoples that eventually destroyed the western half of the Roman empire.
5. Some reasons why Diocletian should be considered a successful emperor because he doubles the size of the roman armies, the costs were fixed for everything from a haircut to a bottle of wine, and ordered a general persecution of the Christians. Some reasons reasons why he might be considered a failure is the wages for the new troops added to the already crushing load of taxes, price controls failed and even when he lived, his plans failed.
inflation: increase in prices
Identify
Diocletian: a strong-willed army leader and son of a slave. Ranked one of Rome's greatest emperors.
Constantine: four rivals were competing for power and he was one of the young commanders. Ranked one of Rome's greatest emperors.
eastern empire: Greek speaking, Greece, Asia, Minor, Syria and Egypt. Included most of the great cities and trade centers of the empire.
western empire: Latin speaking, Italy, Gaul, Britannia, and Spain.
Edict of Milan: the man who made Christianity a religion that was approved by the emperor.
Constantinople: thus, the center of empire shifted from west to east, there was a new capital that was protected by massive walls and gleamed with stately buildings. They city even had a new name Constantinople.
Huns: central people from Asia.
Attila: The Huns became more dangerous under their new leader, Attila.
Leo I: the first powerful pope of Rome.
Questions:
1. During the Pax Romana, trade flowed over routes patrolled by roman navies and armies. trade was disrupted by barbarian raids and by bands or pirates on Mediterranean sea lanes. Romans paid out a fortune in gold and silver every year for imported luxuries they craved.
2. Tribes of northern barbarians called Goths repeatedly overran the legions guarding the Danube frontier. Syrian and Asia Minor were threatened by Persia. Roman soldiers now fought strictly for money not for patriotism. To attract recruits into the army, the government promised ever high cash awards.
3a. He out a Christian symbol on his soldiers' shields.
3b. End to the persecution of Christians. From Milan, he granted "both to the Christians and to all men freedom to follow the religion that they choose." In 395, the emperor theodosius made christianity the empire's official religion.
4a. The third phase of Rome's decline was a century of destruction beginning in A.D. 376 and ending in 476. Many different groups took part in Rome's destruction: Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Franks, Angles, Saxons, Burgundians, Lombards, and Vandals. thought fearless fighters, the Germanic tribes were terrified of the Huns, a nomadic people from central Asia.
4b. When the Huns began to move west, they began the massive movement of Germanic peoples that eventually destroyed the western half of the Roman empire.
5. Some reasons why Diocletian should be considered a successful emperor because he doubles the size of the roman armies, the costs were fixed for everything from a haircut to a bottle of wine, and ordered a general persecution of the Christians. Some reasons reasons why he might be considered a failure is the wages for the new troops added to the already crushing load of taxes, price controls failed and even when he lived, his plans failed.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Today in class we reedited our papers. Emily and Rachel fixed my paper. Emily made little corrections and Rachel made a lot of corrections. I am glad I had people edit my paper so I know what I need to fix to make my paper a better paper. Emily Waite says hello. Also we talked about how one time Mr; Schick has to take a final exam with three essay questions 1,500 words each question. Mr Schick also told us that he had to talk to a class about Hippolyta. He pronounced it (Hipp-o-ly-ta).
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Today in class we took another test. We got 15 minutes to study before we took the test. It was pretty easy. Nothing I can't handle. Tomorrow in class we will start to write our paper, which is our essay question for the test. We have to write a full paper. 500 words, Times New Roman, 12 font, all that good stuff,
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Today in class we finished up the rest of the power point. He announced to us that we will be having a test tomorrow. 5 minutes before school ended there was an announcement made that we are under a tornado watch so we all had to go out into the hallway and sit until 3:30 before we could leave. Some notes from the end of the power point are:
Religious Troubles:
- Christianity and Judaism: monotheistic
- They had many gods
- At times the emperor was viewed as a god
Persecution of Christians:
- Romans were harsh toward those who would not worship the emperor
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