SuperHuman Western Civilization

-the Etruscans came from the north-central part of the peninsula -they were metal workers, artists, and architects -the Greeks also settled in Rome -they had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea -Romans borrowed ideas from them such as religious beliefs, the alphabet, much of their art, and military techniques and weaponry -the Latins were the first people to ever settle in Rome -they were descendants of Indo-Europeans -They settled on the banks of the Tiber -many streams followed into the Tiber -there was a marshy area called the Forum, between Palatine and Capitoline Hills -Lucius Tarquinias Superbus was the seventh and final king of Rome -known as Tarquin the proud -he was a true tyrant

Today in Western Civ. class we listened to a song called Rome that was written by Chi Chicago. I thought it was really funny and a really catchy song. It made today's lesson really fun because it was really different from what we are used to be doing in Western Civ. class. The song had a lot of good information about Rome in it that I heard which was really cool. I really liked today's Western Civ. class.

The Twelve Tables were a set of laws that were written on 12 bronze tablets that were created in Ancient Rome in 451 BCE  and 450 BCE. They were the beginning of a new approach to laws where they would be passed by government and written down so that all citizens might be treated equally before them. They stated the rights and duties of a Roman Citizen. They formed the basis for Roman law for a thousand years.

This piece of architecture is called the Pantheon. In Greek that word meant "honor all Gods." It is a 124 feet tall and it opened in 126 AD. It is a huge museum that is a huge tourist attraction. The Pathogen is the single largest unreinforced concrete dome in the entire world. It is also the best preserved ancient Roman building in Rome.

To be a Patrician you had to be from a certain family and you had a to be born a patrician. They were only a small percentage of the Roman population. They held all power. The Plebeians made up all the rest of the Roman society. They were farmers, craftsmen, laborers, and soldiers of Rome. They were just normal hard working citizens of Rome. The Greeks had more of an influence on the Plebeians. They gave them more strength.

Republic- a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch. Patrician -an aristocrat or nobleman Plebeian-a  commoner Tribune-renered in english as Tribune of the Plebs Consul-an official appointed by a government to live in a foreign city and protect and promote the governments citizens and interests there Senate-the smaller upper assembly in the US congress  Dictator-a ruler with total power over a country  Legion-a unit of 3,000-6,000 men in the ancient Roman army Punic wars-a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage Hannibal-a Carthaginian general

My essay would be this: Explain what Socrates did in order to focus more on critical thinking. In the first paragraph you would talk about how he looked into science and knowledge and how he created the socratic method. In the second paragraph you will talk about the two crimes that Socrates made and how they affected the people around him. And in the last paragraph you will talk about how he died and what he had to do as his punishment for the crimes he commited.