May 13, 2013

Today in Western Civ., we came up with questions that we thought would be on the test..

Then we reviewed what questions would actually be on the test:

- Jesus hung out with poor people, because he empowers people that aren't powerful. 
- Christianity grew really quickly, because there's more poor than,rich people  

- what does Gospel mean? Good news

- describe Constantine's vision? he prayed to the christian God, and he saw a cross in the sky that said "conquer by this" before the battle, he fought the battle of 


- 2nd- order the arrest of all bishops and priests
3rd- all clergymen that would want to be free would have to make a sacrifice to the roman gods
4th- all men, women, and children to come to a public space and make a collective sacrifice together and if they refused they would be executed 

- edict of Milan- couldn't persecute people for there religions

300 A.D. - 60 million people living in the roman empire

predestination- the idea that God chose who was to be saved and who was not to be saved 

May 10, 2013

notes from class: 

constantine:::
4 edicts were issued
2nd- order the arrest of all bishops and priests
3rd- all clergymen that would want to be free would have to make a sacrifice to the roman gods
4th- all men, women, and children to come to a public space and make a collective sacrifice together and if they refused they would be executed 

a night before a battle he said he had a dream of God telling him that he needed to put the cross on the shields

built up the army - he introduced a new gold currency. he shared power with other emperors which were his sons and began building a new capital

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because of Diocletian banning Christianity :
christian's started to meet secretly
it grew them closer
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Constantine = mother was a christian, he wasn't. 
he saw a cross in the sky and it says "By this you shall conquer" 
saw it as a sign ,they won the battle

Edict of Milan- cant persecute anyone for there religion

May 9, 2013

in the 3rd century A.D. 200-300 A.D. :::::::

disease spread throughout the empire
emperors began to lose there power 
expensive to maintain armies
too many poor citizens 

284 A.D. :
Diocletian's reform- 
increase the size of the army to 400,000 
recruits from the barbarians 
1/3 bigger than during Augustus's time 
divide roman territories into smaller Providences 
new govern had 20,000 officials ... x10 more than Augustus
more efficient at collecting higher taxes- provided for larger army 

300 A.D.
60 million people in roman empire
several million are christian's
Christianity had an appeal to the poor
more Christians- more face to face contact, more conversations
some Christians even gained ruling power 

Deletion (ruled from 284-305)- left them alone at first
then did a systematic persecution *******

Constantine(rules as emperor 306-337)

What was his connection with christianity*****
how did he restructure the empire******

May 8th 2013

Notes on  Christianity in the Pax Romana :

it all begins and ends with Jesus
the only written record of his life is the gospels (Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John) 
Jesus taught that one must strive for perfection since God was perfect 
born Jewish
Jesus hung out with people that others didn't want to hang around with 
he was both human and divine
was accused as a threat to roman law and was crucified


Paul of Tarsus- a Jew, who became a follower of Jesus after he was healed of blindness on a road with Jesus
Paul believed in predestination- means that God chose who was saved and who was damned
well traveled, had money, told everyone and spread the news of Jesus
without Paul -the history of  Jesus might have faded into history with all the rest 
he communicated by letters, we still read these letters in mass today 

May 6, 2013

Today in western civ  we took a test. It was not as bad as I thought it would be ! Then we had to read in the test book!

May 3, 2013

Today in western civ we started working in pair. Kristen and I are working together! The assignment is to write a 500 word paper on page 104-121.

5-2-13

Today in Western Civ. we finished the movie on Tiberius.

Notes:
Soldiers that fought in the war lost there property when they returned home
War profiteers- wealthier people that took from soldiers that were in war
took properties and built them up into huge estates
slaves made up 1/3 of the population in Italy
Carthage people= slaves
Gracchi brothers - wanted to help the poor and the people
they were both murdered
Tiberius - wanted to give the poor some land of there own, give them food, help them make a living, reduce the distance between the rich and the poor
he was too late, his term as tribune was up
he would have been reelected but the Senate saw him as a threat
They killed Tiberius
Gaius- they cut off his head, and says that whoever can find the head can have the weight of the head in gold. They found the head but scooped out the brains and filled it with led
the head measured 17 pounds
Julius Caesar- a patrician, formed the government triumvirate
Pompey - accomplished general. Mark Zuckerburg and Bill Gates combined... really rich and powerful
Julius Caesar vs Pompey - Julius Caesar
Cross the Rubicon - means to make a decision and look back
Caesar was declared "father of the fatherland"
He wanted to be dictator for life
Ides of March- March 15th 44 BC. - murdered Caesar
Mark Antony and Octavian
Fought each other and they team up then fight more
Antony- has an affair with Cleopatra
Octavian wins!.. defeats Antony and Cleopatra's forces