Back and Running

Finally, blogger is back and working. Today in class we continued with our notes. First, Mr.Schick showed us pictures of his new horse! He not that happy about it though. The hourse was brought down by the NYPD. He is a very special horse. After that we went on to watch the video. We finished watching the video. After watching, we got into groups. I am putting up all my notes from the days I could not blog as well.
Our Assignment:

• Working with two other people, combine your notes on the video with the notes of the others in your group.
• Supplement these notes with information on the first three Roman emperors, as found in Wikipedia.
• These emperors are Tiberius, Caligula, and Claudius.
• Post these notes by Saturday night.

Notes: 

-5/12

• Tiberius: likes sex and having sec with younger people (boys + girls) and watches; PERVERTED!
• 31 B.C: Tiberius for about Sejanus and brought on Caligula
• Sejanus was strangled + put in the Tiber River
• Tiberius lied to Sejanus and they executed Sejanus  
• It showed no one was secure in Tiberius' government
• Caligula was Tiberius' ONLY hare left
• Under a full power they can go crazy and destroy so much
• When government power is shared ideas can be denied or agreed on
• It was impossible for poor to feed their families
• Augustus ordered a census before Tiberius' time
• Jesus went from town to town preaching
• After he died, his messages got spread around by Paul
• Jesus followed Augustus
• If Paul didn't spread the word then Jesus would've gone unnoticed/forgotten
• Paul = Reason for starting of Christianity
• Jesus was baptized at 30
• Jesus' talk about a kingdom bigger than Rome caused controversy 
• He said he was the son of God
• Puntius Pilate sent Him to the King (harid?/harris?) then he sent Jesus back to Puntius Pilate. 
• They went back and forth until the Roman gov. and people forced them to kill Jesus
• Jesus died in 3 hours
• "don't start an uprising if you don't want to be killed"
• Puntius Pilate: fell quickly

5/13

• Tiberius died!
• 37 B.C: Caligula (25) became empire 
• He had a bonfire to burn records
• People hoped he'd enlighten Rome
• But he ordered his men to pick up seashells when they were about to invade
• He showed signs he was bipolar
• He was supposed to sacrifice an animal, but he decided to bring it down on a high priest
• He would have people kiss his feet; talked about sex at dinner; seduced men's wives
• Caligula made people carve a statue of him as a God and put it in Jerusalem (Jews)
• This would cause trouble ! Statue = Caligula as a God
• Under Augustus' rule everyone could practice their religion
• Caligula is trying to make them
• He put the statue in the holiest place of Jerusalem - TEMPLE
• Caligula was eventually killed by his closest aids
• Slavery in Rome
• Freed Slavery
• Claudius: was disfigured & his family was ashamed; target of Jokes
• 41: the laughter stopped; he became the only surviving hare of Augustus after Caligula died
• He would surprise everyone
• Increased womens freedoms; established new rule; helped slaves + poor
• "What we do today will be an example for the future"
• 48 brought Gauls before him
• Mesalena: Claudius' wife who he LOVED
• She started another affair with a new man and Claudius tried to have him killed
• His people went after his wife though
• They killed her right in front of her mother who knew she deserved it