What were Roman attitudes towards women and children when the twelve tables were written?

Romans had bad attitude toward children and women. They treated them unfairly and as if they were property and you can see these examples in the twelve tables. Women and children were not treated correctly during the Roman times.

In the twelve tables they would use the pronoun he which meant they were sexist and put men before women. To the Romans women were not people they were property. Women did not gain respect and they were treated as the husband's daughter not as an adult. Women are not allowed to cry at a funeral.

Children were not even treated as humans. The Romans thought that children's lives were not sacred because if a child was deformed they would then be put to death.They would also sell their children which is not fair is not fair to the children.

source:

"The Twelve Tables." CSUN. Web. 5 Mar. 2010. http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/12tables.html

What is so "ancient" about Rome?

When people think of Rome they always think of Ancient Rome. There are many reasons they think of this because a lot of how we live today came from Ancient Rome. Ancient means “of or in time long past, esp. before the end of the Western Roman Empire.”(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ancient) Since Rome started a long time ago it is referred to as ancient. A lot of things that are still used in modern day came from ancient Rome but have been modified since then. Rome also has a lot of stories telling us how Rome was started and they believed in many ancient gods.

A lot of our history comes from the Ancient times in Rome. The story of Romulus and Remus was the story about how Rome began. They were abandoned twins and they were both brought up by a wolf. When they got older they decided to found the city where the wolf raised them. They both fought over where they should put this city and then Romulus killed his brother Remus. He then decided to found Rome and that is how Rome was named and founded. (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/romulus_and_remus.htm)This story is just a legend, meaning it is not true, but Rome has many stories like this explaining things in an exciting way. These stories go way back into the ancient times which mean that most of roman history came from the Ancient times. Now you might think why is it always Ancient Rome that comes to mind first not another old, big city? Well in the ancient times Rome was the city with the biggest population. It had over one million people living in it and this city had a lot of power and advanced quickly. Rome also had a lot of very big and important buildings. Some of these buildings are still standing today and they are extremely old. Sometimes people think of an old person being ancient. Well in this case the old buildings are considered ancient especially since they came from the ancient times in Rome.
A lot of the technology and ideas we use today came back all the way from Ancient Rome. Now of course they are not exactly the same as the ones they used back then. They have been modified lot and by a lot of people to get them to the stage where they are today. The idea and a lot of the technology today did come from the Ancient Romans. The Romans started roads so people could get to places. Now in modern times we have roads everywhere and many different types of roads. The Romans made many tools that helped them in their everyday life. We still use tools today that came from them except we have modified them. Also there has been a lot of time for us to modify the tools they used in Ancient Rome. In some cases we modified so much that it is just a machine and there isn’t really much manual work for us to do. In Ancient Rome they modified there government a lot. It turned out to be a pretty successful government and our government today resembles theirs in many ways. All of the technology and things we use have had to come from somewhere and Ancient Rome was one of the biggest influences on everything we use. (http://www.mariamilani.com/ancient_rome/ancient_roman_inventions.htm)
Overall Ancient Rome is “ancient” in many ways. They have some of the most ancient history. There is history that dates back farther than that time but some of the greatest advances in history were during the ancient Roman time. They were one of the most important cities in the ancient times and they had a big influence on many things. Also a lot of our technology comes from them and it has made a huge impact on the world today.

source:

"Ancient | Define Ancient at Dictionary.com." Dictionary.com | Find the Meanings and Definitions of Words at Dictionary.com. Web. 05 Mar. 2010. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ancient

"Ancient Roman Inventions." Truly Rome Apartments in Rome. Web. 05 Mar. 2010. http://www.mariamilani.com/ancient_rome/ancient_roman_inventions.htm

"Romulus and Remus." History Learning Site. Web. 05 Mar. 2010. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/romulus_and_remus.htm

What elements of the Roman Republican political and legal system appear present in the systems of modern democracies?

A lot of the Roman Republican political and legal systems are present in todays modern democracies. One example of how there legal systems is still used in a way modernly is the Twelve Tables. The Twelve Tables were a code of law for the romans to follow which would bring their society closer together and make the parties come closer. In modern day democracies we also have written laws that every one needs to follow or else there are consequences. For example we have the Constitution which are rules for our government. Also just like our government they had different people doing different roles. There were consuls, praetors, censors, aediles, tribunes, and quaestors. In our government we have the president, vice president, representatives, senate, etc. In both these government all these people would work together and help improve the legal and political systems and make new laws and make the country run better. The Romans would also vote for their representatives but there not every could vote. We also vote for our representatives and the president. The Roman Republic political and legal systems really helped give

sources:

Adams, John. "The Twelve Tables." CSUN. 10 June 2009. Web. 4 Mar. 2010. http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/12tables.html

McManus, Barbara. "Roman Cursus Honorum." Vroma. July 2003. Web. 4 Mar. 2010. http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/romangvt.html

Western Civ notes

January 27

1. Nomads were stone age people.
2. They were People planting crops, staying in one location, domesticate animals
3. Neolithic period is when artwork started
4. Once people settle down civilization starts and cities

The first city is the city of jerico

5. Tell- a sight's that has been burned over time, looks like a hill.
6. As cities grow water becomes the major reason why a city is a city
7. Once you have people settle in one place you can trade goods and they start to specialize
8. Then a legal system
9. Then Organized labor, organized business, organized law, and organized religion

febuary 17

1. Peloponnese is a peninsula that is where the ancient city of Sparta was.
2. Between Athens and Sparta is the city of coreg
3. Turkey used to be called Anatolia in the ancient times.
4. King of Troy was Prium and his son was Paris
5. Paris went to meet with some greek kings
6. They didn’t want Discartia at the wedding because she always causes problems.
7. She sent an apple to the fairest godess at the wedding and the godesses were fighting over the apple.
8. Paris had to choose the fairest goddess.
9. He picked Afroditie because she said she would give him whatever women he wanted as a wife.
10. He said he wanted Helena the most beautiful women in the entire world but she was already married to menolyes and king and brother of Agamemnon.
11. Paris abducts Helena and they run of back to Troy
12. Agamemnon and menolyes make a big fleet and they attack troy and the war lasts for 10 years.
13. They made a giant horse and they left and they hid around the islands.
14. Greek commandoes hiding inside the horse and opened the gates and slaughtered the people of Troy and burnt it down.

february 22

1. Herodotus- ancient Greek historian
2. Persian empire was largest empire in the world in 6th century BC
3. The Persians decided to invade Greece
4. The route that they used goes through the north to a water way referred to as the Bospherous then enter northern Greece known as Thrice
5. Invasion led by Xerxes
6. The Greeks found out the Persians plan and they need to meet the Persians on the battle field
7. They will meet at the pass called Thermopylae
8. Greeks were vastly outnumbered
9. They were led by the Spartans
10. The Spartans lived on the Peloponnese
11. Sparta led by code of military honor
12. Lisergas was the first of the Spartan leaders to create a system of laws
13. They fought in Phalanx formation
14. Phalanx formation is a square that is going to move in formation
15. The battle lasted 3 days
16. When the Persians get to Athens it is empty
17. Greeks win the battle of Salamis
18. 480-the Persian war ends and the Greeks are the winner
19. theatre started in honor of the Gods
20. Acropolis had a number of temples

february 23

The Peloponnesian war

Sparta invades Athens

1. Athens is trying to fight Sparta on land, at sea, and trying to continue with their trade routes.
2. Athens had a strong navy and were able to maintain the trade routes
3. Athens built two walls that go all the way down to the harbor. About 6 miles
4. Sparta closed one of the walls so Athens couldn't get their food
5. The plague hits.
6. Athenians were trapped in the plague
7. The Spartans go home but the Athenian suffered great losses.
8. Alcibiades- Athenian who came up with a plan attack system
9. Before ships set sail there was a huge act of vandalism and Alcibiades was framed
10. He became so angry that he decided to give up the Athenian strategy

Socratic method was always asking questions to learn

Plato wrote down the teachings of Socrates.

Aristotle always agreed with Plato.

March 1

1. Aeneas- from troy was the son of a prince
2. In ancient times most of southern Italy was inhabited by Greeks
3. Aeneas's son Iulus becomes king and he sets up the capital at a place called Alba Longa
4. Alba Long was the center of Trojan civilization in Italy
5. Romulus and Remiss declared war on each other and Romulus wins and Remiss is dead
6. Rome gets it name from Romulus
7. The Patricians weren't as many as the Plebeians but they had more power
8. The struggle of the orders- political struggle that happens between the patricians and the plebeians
9. The patricians gave the plebs one representative who could only veto
10. Rome will be the first city in the world to have a million people
11. Pyrrhus of Epirus decided he was going to take on the Romans and he wins almost every battle but he does it at such a cost that he cannot continue to battle
12. Pyrrhic victory- is when you win but lose so much that you cant battle
13. Punic war- a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC and they define Roman dominance in the Mediterranean
15. Important events in rome
1. Aeneas/ trojans defeat Latium
2. Alba Longa
3. Romulus and Remus/ founding on Rome in 753 BCE
4. Expulsion of the Etruscan Kings/ Establishment of the Roan Republic 6th century
5. Etrunia
6. Tarquin the proud
7. Tarquin the sixth
8. Lucretia
9. Lucius Jurius Brutus led them
10. The Roman republic was founded in 509 BC
5. Struggle of the orders/ tribune of the Plebs
6. Roman expansion/ Pyrrus
7. 1st Punic war

March 2

1. Punic wars
2. First Punic war was a war over the trade routes
3. Hannibal would be the greatest threat Rome has ever seen
4. 2nd Punic war starts with an invasion
5. Hannibal starts his invasion by crossing through Spain and going to new Carthage
6. Hannibal brought with him his troop of war elephants.
7. Hannibal's plan was to circle the Romans and they won the battle
8. Hannibal was brought up to hate the Romans
9. Scipio Africanus was the general who defeated Hannibal at the last battle of the Punic war. The battle of Zoma
10. Cato the Elder was a Roman statesman

MArch 3
1. Herodotus- wrote the history of the Persian war. He is known as the father of history.
2. Thucydides - he was a more accurate historian and he really attempts to get the story right
3. Livy- roman historian. Writes the history of Rome from the beginning all the way up to his time.
4. On the battle field they would scare the elephants

Third Punic war Scipio Alemenamos went to carthage and he circled the city and they killed everyone there.

Herodotus, Thucydides, Livy boigrophies

Herodotus was a Greek historian who was known as the Father of History. He was born in 484BC and died in 425BC. He wrote history about the Persian War. He would question people about the wars and he would go to places to learn about the wars. He is best known for his work called Histories.

Thucydides was a Greek historian and he wrote History of the Peloponnesian War. He was a more accurate historian then Herodotus and he would really attempt to get the history right. In 424BC he was elected as one of the Athenian generals. Then he was exiled from Athens. He would talk to participants of the war and get information from them. He would write only what he thought was the truth so that his work would be more accurate.

Livy was a Roman historian who wrote about Rome and the roman people. He was born about 59BC in Patavium. He wrote about Roman history from the beginning with Romulus and Remis up to his time. He wrote 142 books. He wasn't a part of of politics. He also wrote in a Latin prose style.

sources:

"Herodotus." Mnsu. Web. 3 Mar. 2010. http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/history/people/herodotus.html

"Livy." Livius. Web. 3 Mar. 2010. http://www.livius.org/li-ln/livy/livy.htm

"Thucydides." Wsu. Web. 3 Mar. 2010. http://wsu.edu/~dee/GREECE/THUCY.HTM

How was the Struggle of Orders influential on later Roman Politics?

The Struggle of Orders was a political struggle between the Plebeians and the Patricians. The Plebeians wanted political equality with the Patricians because only the Patricians could run for office. There were a lot less Patricians but they were much more wealthy and had more power than the Plebeians. The Struggle of Orders ended when the Patricians let one of the Plebeians come into office but they were not aloud to make any laws. But they were the only one who could veto a law which gave them good power over what happened politically. This changed later Roman politics because they learned that they can not just have one group of people run in office or else that could cause a lot of conflict with the other people in Rome. They learned they had to be equal to all people no matter if they were less wealthy or not. They had to have a good democracy where every had an influence on what happened in the government.

sources:

"The Struggle of Orders." Urnv. Web. 2 Mar. 2010. http://www.unrv.com/empire/struggle-of-the-orders.php

Hannibal

Hsnnibal was the son of Hamilcar Barca. He was born in 247 BC. His brother-in-law, Hasdrubal, helped in most of the military operations that he did. He led his army in the second Punic war against Rome and he kept winning his battles. He had very good tactics. He even brought elephants over the Alps. Then he poisoned himself and died. I think the Romans saw him as a monster because he just seemed like a monster. He always won his battles and he could lead all those elephants. He did things that normal humans couldn't do so it gave them the idea that he seemed like a monster.

sources:

Biogrohpy of Hannibal. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/H/Hannibal.html

"Hannibal." Wikimedia. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hannibal.jpg