Roman Life
Hannibal crossing the Alps
- one of the greatest military achievements of ancient warfare
- happened during the second Punic war
- took 16 days to cross
- many of their elephants didn't survive the journey
- he crossed it because:
- he thought that it would give him a better chance against the Romans if he came down with all of his war elephants
- the wars were fought over pure hatred by one side against the other
I think it was a good idea because it was one of the greatest military achievements. Also he could of lost them if he didn't cross also because he didn't have the element of surprise
Roman Trade
- very vital to the Roman empire
- most common trade items: beef, corn, glassware, lead, silk, silver,spices
- main trading partners:Spain, France, The Middle East and North Africa
- used the Tiber river, Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea for a trading route
- two-way trade routes extended to other commercial centers in lands as far away as Egypt, Germany, and China
- the empire's location around the Mediterranean Sea helped make all this commercial activity possible
Yes location matters a lot when it comes to trade. If you aren't by a waterway or not in the center it could be hard to get to you and take more time.
Roman Ag
- used crop rotation
- sometimes had to import food cause of mountains
- after conquering Egypt, able to import lots of wheat
- most of crops raised on large estates called Latifundias
- Cicero considered farming the best of all Roman occupations
- the main crop was wheat, and bread was present during almost every meal
- majority of work done on the farm was by slaves and servants
- farms created main source of income for Romans
- certain types of food were given out to the public for free (corn, wheat)
- since roman empire stretched through a lot of land, there were different climates to allow a mixture of crops produced
- Romans had 4 systems of farm management-work done by owner and family, tenant farming and share cropping forced labor (slaves), and other arrangements in which farm owner lended farm out
I think a small farmer because slaves were often treated very brutally and weren't for sure on their next day other than that they would be working
Slaves
- ancient Rome dipended on slaves
- most slaves were foreigners and unlike most places it didn't depend on race
- not uncommon for desperate Romans to sell their children into slavery
- when feed, they could work the same jobs as the Plebeians
- debt slavery was common, where a person could work off a debt by becoming a slave for a certain period of time, depending on the debt
- some slave were forced to become gladiators
- saturnalia - a christian for slaves in which the slaves and masters switched places
- during this celebration the master preformed all the task a slave would
- it was a way that masters would show appreciation and respect for slaves
- manual labor
- domestic services
- could be highly educated and skilled, worked as teachers and physicians
- slaves task include working on farms-produced the food and materials the cities depended on
- businesses managed shops for store owners, in charge of shop keeping, lending of money and selling of merchandise
- public buildings - worked on aqueduct systems, built roads and bridges and arenas
I think i would rather be a slave in Rome. This is rather than a poor small farm owner with no slaves because slaves weren't treated that bad.
Gladiator
- games were fought between and armed man and a criminal, wild animal, or another soldier.
- They were fought in the coliseum in front of large audiences.
- many of the people who fought the criminals, and wild animals risked their social standing and their lives for the glory.
- they had costumes and scenery which had to be put up as well
Gladiator Games
- thumbs up means save the gladiator that's down and thumbs down means let him die
- order of events at the Gladiator games:
- Animal hunts - they had a scene and the Emperor would use a bow from his box seat and shoot them.
- The Bestiarii - These were gladiators trained to fight tigers and lions
- Criminals were sentenced to fight wild beasts at the games but without any skills, weapons or armor
I would go into the coliseum and fight to my death. This is because i would rather fight for my death and make it more interesting rather than just get killed behind the scenes
Emperors
- Tiberius - adopted son of Augustus (Octavius) - 22 years and 6 months - possibly assassinated by Caligula. He was a cruel tyrant who put men to death upon mere suspicion
- Caligula - great nephew of Tiberius - 3 years and 10 months - assassinated in conspiracy involving senators and Praetorian guards, really nutty man
- he was insane and once threatened to have his horse made consul, and at another time raised a great army, and marched it hundreds of miles, and they commanded the soldiers to gather the shells on the beach and carry them back to Rome
- Claudius I - nephew of Tiberius and uncle of Caligula - 13 years and 9 months - probably poisoned by his wife Agrippina
- he was a weak and foolish emperor who allowed the cruelest acts to be committed in his name, and then forgot them, and invited the persons to dinner whom he had just had put to death
- Nero - 13 years 8 months - stepson and adopted son of Claudius
- he was a monster of vanity and cruelty; he was suspected of setting fire to the city and allowing more than two-thirds of it to burn up, in order that he might rebuild it finer than it had been before
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