Rise of Rome

Title: The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Christopher Kelly
Chapter: Chapter 1 conquest 

• Rome was a warrior state.
• By the middle of the 3rd BC Rome had control of most of the Italian Peninsula
• The Roman Empire gained all the provinces through fighting
• Rome challenged Northern Africa as they were a source if wealth
• In 31 BC Egypt fully becomes part of the roman empire

 In this book Christopher Kelly explains how the roman empire had captured most of the Italian Peninsula and the rest of the world.
One example that supports this main idea is how the author states that by the middle of the 3rd BC the roman empire had captured most of peninsula. Another fact that supports this main idea is when the author tells about how Egypt was finally captured by the roman empire and was added to the list of territories rome already held. These ideas are connected to how the Greek empire tried to do the same thing in their conquest of power.

• In the 5th and 6th centuries Greece was very small and persia was huge containing more than 70 million people.
• Greece only had 2 million inhabitants
• Persia had more than 1 million sq. miles while Greece only had 50 thousand sq. miles.
• Greece was not a unifies country while Persia was.
• At the time of 300 Athena and Sparta were the most powerful states.

Interview

1.     The person I interviewed is a professor at the colledge of Dupage, who teaches history

2.      Their replyable beacuase he studied this for many years and is fasinated by it.

3.      I emailed my person back and forth

PART B

1.   How did they come up with all the technonlogy that they had?

 They learned from the Estutians, who were very industrailed.

2.   Did they come up with anything themselves or they just took everything from the Estutians?

No they developed their own plumbing system all by themselves.

3. Ok thank you.

Your very welcome. If you need any more help, just email me and i will try to responed as fast as I can.

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Ancient Roman Women: A Look at Their Lives

by Moya K. Mason

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        http://search.proquest.com/docview/198956327/13656BC88051414F8C/1?accountid=6222

1.   couldnt have a business of importance without the agreement of their father
2.  father had the power of life and death over his children
3.   Women did not have the right to choose her own husband
4.   Only married women were permitted to wear the stola
5.  A woman could not be a witness or act as a surety
6.  woman could not adopt or be adopted
7.  woman could not make a will or contract

tanks

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http://military.discovery.com/videos/top-10-tanks/

• Throughout the video there was something I noticed that each tank was usually newer than the last as well as the fact that the production rate also rose
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blog post #6 (interview about watergate)

The person I interviewed was Ron Carlson.  He subs some times here at Central.  I have known him since I was 3 or 4 years old.  He is a reliable source because he subs as a history teacher at both Hinsdale Central High School and at Clarendon Hills Middle School.  Also I trust him as a source because he was there when The Watergate scandal was occurring.  I interviewed him face to face since he lives across the street from me.  I recorded the interview with a small handheld sound recorder.  I interviewed him on Monday April 23rd at 4:15PM.  

I did not really have any have any questions except what he remembered about water Gate at the time it was occurring.  He said the since the FBI knew about Watergate from the beginning and did not do anything to stop the event from happening.

Blog Post #6

I interviewed my uncle, who was drafted in 1962 and joined the Marines with eight of his friends. After basic training and advanced training he volunteered for reconnaissance. My uncle is a reliable source because he lived through it and was in an advanced branch of the military. I interviewed him over the phone on April 25, 2012.

How old were you when you decided to enlist?
17

Why did you enlist?
it was during the draft, i could either go to college and join afterwards, or just get it over with and me and 8 of my buddies decided to join the marines

Describe basic training?
It was bad,  they’d tear you down and build you back up the way they want you. Its 3 months straight with no leave or anything then you go to advanced infantry training, everyone has to do that, and that's another month, so when you get out of there you get a leave or you can stay there and do whatever, so when I was in advanced infantry training I carried a Browning Automatic Rifle

Where did you do your basic training?
San Diego California at Camp Pendleton

What was the hardest part about basic training?

I guess it was getting demoralized, I mean they would beat you down and build you back up the way they wanted you. They generally do that physically but they also do it mentally.They would verbally demoralize you, but it would always end up physical in other words, if one guy screwed up and you got an 82 man platoon, you’re all down doing push ups or running or whatever.

What squad were you assigned to?
I volunteered in the Reconnaissance unit after Boot Camp and did recon training.

What was your role in the squad?
Well you have ranks but a lot of it is done on your own or with another person in recon. I was in the recon unit at Camp Pendleton but when you go into a conflict your designated to certain infantry units, in other words your sectioned out to a military unit to get the information.

Where were  you first stationed and where did you wind up?
Camp Pendleton, San Diego california, I spent a year and a half at Pendleton, and I spent a year and a half over seas. in over seas we were in 18 different countries, but the main base overseas was in Okinawa an island that belonged to Japan, they took that island in WW2 and they made a giant base there. I wound up in Vietnam in 1964 and it started out small and we were in an expeditionary force to try to teach the South Vietnamese how to fight, because they were useless to be honest with you, but when you're in the Marines, you're told to do something and you do it

Would you recommend joining the Marines?
I don't know if I would join the Marines before the Navy or Air Force because you can learn more in the Air Force and the Navy technologically speaking, but it just depends on what a badass you are, I mean if you'd rather go and fight that’s one thing but if you want to learn something for later join the Navy or Air Force, plus when you seventeen and eighteen years old you think you're Mr. tough guy.

What did you miss from home the most?
Well i was a Highschool sweetheart with your Aunt Melody so I missed her but you also miss ur mom and dad and your family but most your girlfriend and then your family.

How did being in the Marines change you as a person?
It made more detail-orientated, and it made me realize i could do things that I normally couldn't do, they make you do things that you think you can never accomplish, but they give you the drive and the willpower to make you do and accomplish things. Discipline is really the word. it disciplines your whole life

Did your experience challenge your faith?
It strengthened my faith in god because when you're under duress in your life you turn to god, smart people turn to god when things are good and bad but even then. When you first go in, it even humbles and strengthens atheist people to be closer to god because when you're all together and you think you aint goin home it helps everyone. In 1962 when I told you i spent a little less than a year and a half at Camp Pendleton. Kind of a slick thing we did is that we went down to Guantanamo Bay when the Cuban Missile crisis was happening with president Kennedy and the port you leave from is in San Diego it was called the 7th fleet. The Marine corps is actually the attack force of the Navy. That was the slickest thing i've done because we got to sneak through the Panama Canal, we then met another platoon from Camp Lejeune in in South Carolina and we were supposed to do an amphibious landing to attack but they called it off at the end and everyone was like “oh god you gotta be kidding me”. When you go to the military you get to go to places you would never get to go unless you've got a lot of money. You might also want to include is that once you are called you go and when you're overseas you have a floating battalion and we were on a helicopter carrier called the U.S. “IWO JIMA” waiting for something to happen and once it does the marines get their first and you're part of an elite task force and you all go to do a beach landing and then you some troops would take the helicopters beyond the beach and land on the other side, you’d kind of make a sandwich.

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ABC CLIO
Spartan Women

• Women were supposed to stay inside and wove wool
• Women were supposed to raise good soldiers
• Most women would be slaves
• Women who were free were suppsed to participate in athletic events
• free women would aslo bear strong children
• women would study poetry, philosophy and greek myths
• Sparta has only produced two women poets

ABC CLIO
on Agesilaus II's war machine

• Spartan men would be givin prizes for whoever did best in war
• walking through Sparta you would see every man training for war all day
• many thought sparta was just a big workshop of war
• everything that was made in Sparta was mainly used for war
• positions in war would be divided by strength and skill 
• Sparta is thought to be the most war prepared city-state
• Spartas military training is one of the hardest in the world

Interview

I interviewed Fred McLaughlin on 4/22/12

Q: What did you do on Saipan?

A: I was a fuel truck driver and fueled B-17s and B-29s to bomb the mainland islands of Japan.

Q: Did you see any Japanese?

A: Yes, none living, they were piled in heaps from our machine gunners mowing them down. They had bayonets and bolt action rifles.

Q: What did you think of the Japanese solider?

A: The Jap was a fierce warrior willing to take his own life for the greater good of his country. Even on Saipan, civilians jumped off cliffs as they were brainwashed by the japs, saying we would kill, rape, and eat them.

Q: Did you ever see any dead Americans?

A: Luckily, No, but all the men in the Medical tent were in there because of a bayonet stab, close quarters shot, or a sniper. The Japanese hid, got close, and then striked. 

Origins of World War One

Some of the causes of the start of World War One are: 

• 1.The growth of nationalism across Europe
• 2. Tensions over territory in the Balkans. Austria-Hungary competed with Serbia and Russia for territory and influence in the region and they pulled the rest of the Great Powers into the conflict through their various alliances and treaties.
• 3. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife by Gavrilo Princip
• 4. Imperialism
• Some people would even say that Germany and Austria-Hungary (the Central Powers) are seen, at the very least, as creating the conditions for conflict.
• Some go much further, blaming Germany for planning and waging a deliberate war of aggression.
• Under Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany moved from a policy of maintaining the status quo to a more aggressive stance. He decided against renewing a treaty with Russia, effectively choosing  for the Austrian alliance. Germany's western and eastern neighbors, France and Russia, signed an alliance in 1894 united by fear and resentment of Berlin.
• Also many of the commanders in the war(both sides) thought the war would be over in less than six months

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/origins_01.shtml

Final Outline

Roman Outline

I. Roman Military Strength

A. Superior Training

1.) Used shields and wooden swords. Both the shields and the swords were made to be twice as heavy as the weapons they’d use for war(Marching and Physical Training)

2.) Running, long and high jump and carrying heavy packs. which are all used today to train our soldiers(Weapons Training)

B. Advanced Military Tactics

1.)The sun should be behind you to blind the enemy. Make the wind to your back see it blows in your face(Roman Tactics)

2.)The infantry was in the middle, while the cavalry stayed in the corners(Roman Tactics)

C. Advanced Weapons

1.) Cassis was the helmet, which was very hard to crack and break(T.J.)

2.) Scutum was the shield that was shaped to fit the person’s body(T.J.)

II. Roman Lifestyle

A. Roman Architecture

1.) Today’s capital buildings, like the White House, were influenced by Roman architecture(Roman Power / Roman Architecture)

2.) Hadrian's Pantheon was one of the greatest architectural creations of all time(Roman Power / Roman Architecture)

B. Roman Daily Life
1.) For fun, they would go to the Coliseum to watch gladiator battles(The Romans - Entertainment)
2.) They would go to the theatre to watch plays, which were starting to gain alot of population(The Romans - Entertainment)


III. Fall of Rome

A. Corruption
1.) All the things that are greatly affecting this nation right now, the Romans senators did that caused the empire to fall(America Now--Roman Empire Then)
2.) Many men were in the government just to make money(Fall of Roman Empire)
B. Invading Tribes
1.) When Rome was declining, hundreds of German and Slavic tribes were raiding and burning Roman cities(Marko Marelić)
2.) The Romans could not fight off all the invading tribes, because the army was off fighting somewhere else, and it was already too many people(Marko Marelić)