Monday 3/31/14

Today in class we reviewed our test.
I did pretty well with only getting three wrong and a 93. I feel that I did good and the problems I did get wrong were pretty fair.
The only wrong one I was a bit disappointed in was number 5 which was what C. 1500 (THE C)
meant and I put Circa. That's correct but there was another option where it was A, B, AND C, which was Around, Circa, and about.
Other than that I'd say I did pretty well.
Now onto the Learning Objective:
Before I start writing about rome let me say this, I am one who loves history. However I tend to focus my studies around the more war side of history, but I still learn plenty of things about the society and government itself.
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Anyways, Roman Government was an amazing thing. The book however, or atleast I did not see, fails to mention that the Roman Government was also extremely rocky at times. It went from going to a Republic, then it would turn back into the Roman Empire, then a republic again. Needless to say, there was an immense power struggle in Rome. In many cases, Consuls, who were of the highest position in the senate and either had government power, or military power (Like Caesar) would gain so much popularity that they would try and become Emperors. Everything wasn't all peachy in the senate either, as there would be corruption to get votes. For instance, handing common citizens(Plebians) gold or food in exchange for their vote. This was the more darker side of Roman Politics. Plebians could of course participate in government, but that's the same equivalent of me telling you that you can go out and make a million dollars. You could of course, but do you ever actually expect to make a million dollars? I've never heard of the sixth month term for making a Dictator in the Senate, so I guess that's something new I learned from the book. Anyways, I look forward to reading more about Rome and also sharing what my personal knowledge of Rome is. Please feel free to comment if I'm wrong because I do want to know if I'm correct or not.