In class today we waited for Mr. Schick to come and then we waited for someone to finish taking the pop quiz on Rome. We then reviewed previous notes and took more notes on Rome.
How To Keep Plebs Happy
- Anxiously hope for bread and circuses
- Bread (free grain from the state) and entertainment (circus Maximus, Colosseum) pertially to keep them alive, partially to keep them quiet
- Government screwing them over
Change In Rule
- Tiberius Gracchus recognized the advantages of courting the Plebians (eventually unsuccessful)
- military generals worked angle - lead an army that conquers a land, then give them a share for spoils
- Soldiers' loyalty was to their military leader, not necessarily to Rome or Republic
Caesar
- Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C.E.)
- A highly successful general
- Conquered a huge territory of Gaul (current France)
Played Games in Politics
- Made common folks happy
- Made friends in high places
- Pompey (General that conquered Syria and Palestine)
- Crassus (richest man in Rome, One of richest men in all history)
- These three en formed the first Triumvirate ("rule of three men")
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