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A Letter to My Future Self

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Well, finally it’s the last day of my freshman year of high school. I don’t think anyone could have guessed that by the end of it, there would be a virus that would slow the world to a halt. I of course understand that whenever you read this, things will be almost completely back to normal. For now at least, no one really seems to know how long this will go for, but I don’t doubt that my sophomore year will at least partially be in school. I wouldn’t even say that quarantine and social distancing as taken much of a toll on myself as it has for some other people. At this point, things are already starting to be somewhat back to normal. The parks are open, and even restaurants are allowed to be open, as long as their outside. Unfortunately, summer break is going to be sort of a letdown since most of the summer camps we always do are going to be cancelled. Nevertheless, things have been pretty uneventful, at least in our house for now. Since things seem to be dying down, I hope there ar
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Slides 43-52 Notes

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Today we are taking notes on the slides 43-52 in Chi Cago's Rome slideshow. Right after the death of Caesar, a second triumvirate took over with an 18 year old Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus. Then Octavius turns them into enemies by forcing Lepidus to retire. This causes Mark Antony to run off to join forces with Egypt, but they are soon defeated at the Battle of Actium. Now as the sole leader of Rome, Octavian is given rank of Augustus and Imperator, and he is now considered an emperor. This makes Rome an empire now, and Octavius spends about 40 years as the emperor. He even made a time of Roman peace called Pax Romana, which lasted for an astonishing 207 years. He spread Rome into Africa, and started the construction of some basic but impressive services all around Rome. After his death however, a few other emperors took over. The first of which was Tiberius, who was reluctant, but also a great general. The second was Caligula, who only ruled for about 4 years, and was consid
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Test Prep and Slides 32-42

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On June 2nd, and at 8:00 to 8:50, our section will be taking the test on Ancient Rome. When Julius Caesar gained power, he was very successful, and had the whole army on his side due to soldiers loyalty to leaders, not to Rome. He also made everyone in Rome happy, and created the first Triumvirate with himself, Pompey, and Crassus. Due to his military power, he completely took over Gaul and even crossed the Rubicon, called the point of no return. After that victory, Pompey is jealous because Caesar appoints himself as the new governor of Gaul. Then in 44 BC, he is given the role as a dictator, which eventually gave him power for life. He actually made some decent reforms like giving jobs to the poor and giving citizenship to provinces. He was assassinated however, as seen the Shakespeare play, by senators who saw Caesar as a threat to Rome's republic.
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Essay Choice

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For my essay on Rome, I am going to do option A, which is to  compare and contrast the government of ancient Rome with the government of the modern-day United States.
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The Roman Empire Notes

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Today we are taking notes on the new section about Rome, The Roman Empire. First, the main idea of this section is that the Roman Empire changed the entire way Roman culture, government, and society functioned. This matters now because the Empire has become a model of organization and control. Some of the important terms and people are Civil War, which is a fight between people of their own country. Julius Caesar, who was the famous military leader who became a consul of Rome. A triumvirate, which is a group of three leaders. Augustus, the name of an emperor which means "exalted one." And finally, Pax Romana, which was the time of "Roman peace," including peace and prosperity.
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The Punic Wars

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Today we are writing all about the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage. First though, we need to see what the Romans used as their main fighting force. The Roman Legions were big groups made up of 5,000 men, and they each had things like shields, swords, spears, and armor. This war was actually made up of three different wars, and took place from 264-146 BCE. The first one was mainly fought at sea, and they fought for control over the island of Sicily. In the second one, the general Hannibal took charge of his forces and invaded Rome. They got pretty far, but they never made it all the way to Rome. The last battle is when Rome decided to get rid of Carthage once and for all. When they attacked, they overwhelmed them so much the whole city was burned and over 50,000 were put into slavery. After that, there was a lot of unemployment and slavery all around Rome, but most of them couldn't find a good place to get money.
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Slides 9-22 Explaination

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  Today we are talking about how the leader Tarquin took control, and forced Rome to change its views on tyranny. Tarquin took control when a women named Tullia killed her own husband and sister so she could marry Tarquin. Then Tullia told Tarquin to kill her father, and when he kicks him from the throne, she runs his father over with her chariot. Later Tarquin tried to cover up a scandal involving his son, Sextus, and a matron. The people of Rome got so upset that they decided to kick him out, and promised to not go back to tyranny. Today, we also have to compare some of the aspects of Roman and US Government. The plebs, or what we might consider regular citizens, didn't have any rights, and made up about 98% of the population. Also, like our form of government there are three branches that were put in place. Instead of one president, there were two consuls who only had a one year term. In the legislative branch, there are two different sets of people; a senate, which had a fixed
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