Today

Today in west civ we took the prelims to our exams . i decided to write about the gov similarities and differences from rome and the US. I talked about the way arts developed between rome and Greece. and then talked about the geographical luck of rome Egypt and Greece

Today

Today we took notes

Circus Maximus-

The Circus Maximus is an ancient Roman chariot racing stadium and mass entertainment venue located in Rome, Italy.
Wooden bleacher like seats
Created in 329 bc
Was eventually turned into marble

Coliseum- The Colosseum or Coliseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheater is an elliptical amphitheater in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy.
Had vast tunnels underneath for gladiators animals and other things

Aqueducts

Arches

held by gravity

used gravity to transport water

high in the air

Roman forum
Lots of arches
giant square that formerly was surrounded by gov buildings
made of brick

Today

We started talking about rome and how it was formed

Today

Today we just talked about grammar and proper writing techniques

Test on ancient Greece

Today we took a test that finalized what we learned about ancient Greece. I thought the test was easy and i feel that i aced it. The rest of the class is pretty much down time.

SO today we started a project and a paper the group is me Nate and Skylar and our topic is governments of greece