Today we went over the power point for the third time. we had a shadow then we worked on what ever we wanted.

This new society has roots in classical heritage of Rome

Beliefs of Roman Catholic Church

Customs of various Germanic

Over run the western half of the Roman Empire

Causing disruption of trade

Downfall of cities

Population shift to rural areas

Germanic warrior’s loyalty is to the lord of the manor he provides them weapons treasure

No orderly government for large areas

Small communities rule

Clovis riles the Germanic people fuel known as the franks

Church revenues are used to help the poor build roads and raise armies

This is a theocracy

franks control largest European kingdom
the roman province formerly known as Gal
ruled by Clovis
major Domo mayor of the palace ruled the kingdom
Charles Martel Charles the hammer
extended the franks reign to the north south and east
defeated a Muslim army from Spain at the battle of tours in 732 historic battle
Charles the hammer son
possible named for his unusual short haircut
working for and with the Pope Pepin fought the Lombard
pope Stephen 2 named Pepin king by the grace of god beginning the Carolingian Dynasty 751-987 ad
Pepin the short had two sons Carolman and Charles
Carolman died leaving
Charlemagne aka Charles the great
six foot four
built the greatest empire since Rome
fought the Muslims in Spain
Fought Germanic tribes
spread Christianity
Reunited Western Europe
Became the most powerful king in western Europe
Pope Leo 3 crowned him emperor in 800 AD after he defended him from an unruly Roman mob
this signaled the joining of Germanic power, the Church, and the heritage of the Roman Empire
charlemagne government
he limited the authority of the nobles
he regularly visited every part of his Kingdom
kept close watch on his huge estates
cultural revival
encouraged learning
ordered monasteries to open schools
opened a palace school but his heirs were weenies
his son Louis the Pious was ineffective
Louis three sons Lothair Charles the bald and Louis the German split up the Kingdom at the Treaty of Verdun in 843 AD

Germanic kingdoms unite under Charlemagne
mail idea many Germanic kingdoms that succeeded the roman empire were reunited under Charlemagne's empire
Charlemagne spread christian civilization thought northern Europe which is where many of us came from.
middle ages medieval period
500- 1500 AD
medieval Europe is fragmented
invasions constant warfare spark new trends
disruption of trade
Europe cities are no longer economic centers
money is scarce
downfall of cities Spanish other roman based languages are evolve
cities are no longer centers of administration
population shift
nobles retreat to the rural areas
cities don't have strong leadership
decline of learning
Germanic invaders are illiterate but they communicate through oral tradition
only priest and church officials could read and write
knowledge of Greek is almost lost
loss of common language
dialects develop is different regions
by the 800s French Spanish other roman based languages are evolving from latin
Germanic kingdoms emerge
the concept of government changes
roman society loyal to public gov
Germanic society loyal to family
Germanic chief led warriors during peace he provided food weapons treasure a place to live
during wartime warriors fought for the lord
the king who that you want to collect taxes from me who the heck are you
franks live in the roman province of Gaul their leader is Clovis
Germanic kingdoms under Clovis
another battlefield conversion
Clovis and 3000 of his warriors are baptized by the bishop
the church in Rome approves of this alliance
Clovis and the church begin to work together
pope Gregory 1 expands papal power
papacy popes office
secular power worldly power
so under Gregory the great
the church can use church money to raise armies
repair roads
help the poor
Gregory the great began to act as mayor of Rome and as head of an earthly kingdom
511 ad Clovis unites franks into one kingdom
600 ad church Frankish rulers convert many
fear of Muslims in southern Europe super many to become Christians
monasteries and convents
529 ad Benedict wrote the riles for monks and monasteries
poverty chastity obedience study
his sister scholastic did the same for nuns in convents
731 ad the venerable Bede wrote a killer history in England
monks opened schools maintained libraries, and copied books

Today is class we did not really do much. All I did was work on homework from last night and listened to music. Other then that i did not do much. I know my blog is short but i have a lot of other things for homework.

the upheaval of the early middle ages ended not in a collapse of civilization but in its renewal and the first two early medieval centuries set the patterns for how this renewal would later take place in western and eastern Europe. the two centuries after the fall of Rome were a time of turmoil in  Europe that would continue for five hundred years a half millennium that counts as the early a part of the middle ages.
the baptism of Clovis and ivory plaque made about ad 900 depicts the founding event of the kingdom of franks four centuries earlier.
Medieval refers to the destructive civilization of the middle ages which developed in Europe after the disintegration of the roman empire
noble a member of the warrior landowner group that formed the elite of medieval Europe
486 Clovis leads Frankish confederacy against Romans and rival Germanic invaders in Gaul
527 to 565 reign of emperor Justinian in the eastern empire
542 plague hits Egypt then spreads through the Mediterranean are and much of western Europe
568 Lombard conquer most of northern Italy 570-632 life of Muhammad
595 missionaries sent by pope begin to convert the pagans of England
711 Muslim invasion of Spain
800 Slavs occupy almost all of eastern Europe

Diocletian
he rules From 284 - 303
its cool to persecute Christians
rome needs a big army
rome needs a big government
take roman empire and divide it in half
constantine
rules from 306 - 337
its cool to be a christian
conversion to Christianity 313 his edict of Milan proclaims freedom of worship what ever who ever you want
built a new capital in the east
Byzantium soon to be known as Constantinople named after him self
life in the fourth entry
country dwellers are getting bankrupted by endless tax collection
new farming system peasants work for elite landlords on large farms
peasants can avoid paying taxes, but they are getting hit just as hard by landlords
paying off debts and being allowed to live on the land in exchange for endless back-breaking work
landowners hold local power as counts and bishops, wielding more real power than the faraway empire
foreshadowing feudalism
Rome's power is decreasing, while nomadic barbarians gain power
western empire is to poor, begins to be neglected
Huns migrate from china to eastern Europe
Visigoths take over Spain, and actually capture and loot Rome itself in 410
vandals control Carthage and the western Mediterranean
from beginnings
500 bc the monarchy is abolished
450 bc the twelve tables
glory days
44 BC end of the line for Julius Caesar
27 BC 180 AD the Rome peace
to the bitter end
constant fifth century invasions by barbarian tribes left the western Rome Empire shattered and crumbling
the last emperor was a teenage boy installed in 475 by his father
barbarians deposed Romulus Augustus without bothering to kill him

decline of the roman empire
Jesus spends three years preaching is killed
Saul becomes Paul after he experienced a miracle
Christianity evolves from cult status to established official structure
priest bishops pope bishop of Rome
Christians and Jews were monotheistic
this conflicted with roman beliefs
persecution against both was common Christianity appealed to the poor and since there were many poor their numbers grew
as it grew even some roman leaders embraced Christianity
Ad 313 Constantine has a battlefield conversion
he issues the Edict of Milan
not only no persecution but actual approval of Christianity eventually making it the official religion of Rome
the Roman Empire and Christianity are now linked in power and influence
AD 180 Rome has problems
economic (trade became risky; taxes were to high; rood supply was dropping)
Military (frontiers were hard to patrol; roman generals fought for control; soldier' loyalty declined and mercenaries appeared)
Diocletian divided the empire into two
Greek-speaking east (had more resources)
Latin-speaking West (Rome, tradition)
AD 324 - Constantine becomes emperor over both halves of the empire
moves the capital from Rome to Byzantium (renamed Constantinople) where Asia met Europe (now Turkey)
after his death, empire is divided again this time, "barbarian invaders" ( Vandals, Visigoths, Angles, Saxons< Franks) overrun the empire's frontiers
That's it for the Roman Empire (AD 476)

the greatest change of among the peoples of the empire during the era of roman peace was the spread Christianity.
Christianity was a monotheistic religion
started in Judaism
Christianity developed away from Judaism and established their own church
the empire helped bring changes to peoples living out side as well as inside its boarders
and militarily stronger as a result of living as Romes neighbors during the era of roman peace
Christ victorious the mosaic in a chapel in the Italian city or Ravenna.

  

Today we took a test and for the first time in a long time I think I did OK on it. I knew most of them there was a few that I had no idea but I think I made a good educated guess on them. Even if I did get the few i did not know wrong it will be OK because I do not think there was that many of them I did not know.

where did the first indo - Europeans settle around 750 BC?    on the shores of the Tiber river
ceasaur was the first emperor he moved Rome in to the period of peace and prosperity
died in 76 14 ad and passes power to Tiberius
caligula Tiberius is grandnephew
next in line for the throne
made public record let people speak freely
then he starts to fight the senate
he claims he is god
he had statues displayed in many places including the Jewish temple in Jerusalem
he slept with other men's wives and bragged about it. indulged in too much spending and sex, and even tried to make his horse and consul and priest ( at least that's what his critics said)
assassinated by his own aides AD 41 (age 28)
Claudius was ostracized by his family because of his disabilities he was the last adult male in his family when Caligula was killed
he rose to the occasion he conquered Britain he built roads, canals, and aqueducts; he renovated the  Circus Maximus
had an awful marriage to Messalina, who was quite often unfaithful to him, even plotting to seize power for her lover Silius through a coup - so Claudius had them killed
religious trouble Christianity and Judaism: monotheistic
Romans had many gods plus at times the emperor was viewed as god
AD 66: a group of Jews called a Zealots tried to rebel, but Roman troops put them down and burned their temple (except for one wall)
the western wall today is the holiest of all Jewish shrines
half million Jews died in the rebellion
Romans were harsh toward those who would not worship the emperor
Especially Christians, who were viewed as followers of a new, upstart religion
often used for entertainment purposes in the Colosseum
despite the oppression Christianity grew quickly by AD 200 around 10% of the people in the Romans empire were Christians

Princeps first citizen a traditional roman name for prominent leaders

The era of the Roman Peace was one of massive social religious and cultural changes that would form a new pattern of western civilization

Augustus’s new system of government kept many features of roman republic allowed subject peoples a good idea of self-rule and brought Rome’s destabilizing expansion to a halt. The result was two hundred years of stability that modern scholars call the Roman Peace

Hadrian’s Wall constructed at the order of the emperor Hadrian between A.D 122 and 128 this frontier wall was originally 10 feet or more high. It ran seventy miles across the island of Britain

Caesar became dictator for life in 44 B.C

A crowd of senators struck him down with their daggers

The main assassins where Brutus and Cassius and Caesar’s grandnephew and his own adopted son

The Roman Empire got divided to Octavian who got Rome Lepidus who got North Africa and Mark Antony in Alexandria

Their cooperation did not last they went to war in 31 B.C and it ended up that Octavian got all the power and became the Supreme Warlord

Soon after Octavian’s triumph at Actium, the senate conferred on him a new title, Augustus (Revered One)

At the time Augustus did his best to make it seem as if no such historic change was underway. Again he proclaimed the goal of restoring the Republic and set about consolidating his supreme rule as much as possible within the traditional government and political framework

By arrangement with the Senate in 27 B.C Augustus was confirmed as commander in chief of the armed forces which included civil and military control of all provinces with garrisons

29-19 B.C Virgil composes the Aeneid

27 B.C end of Roman Republic and beginning of rule of Roman Emperors

A.D 14 Augustus dies and Tiberius takes over without challenge

A.D 62-70 Jewish revolt against Rome

A.D 117 Under Emperor Trajan the Roman Empire reaches its greatest extent

A.D 126 Pantheon built in Rome

A.D 212 all free inhabitants of the Roman Empire are declared Roman citizens

A.D 529 Justinian’s law code begins to be published systematizing the laws of Rome

Marcus Caelius, First Centurion this senior officer served for thirty years in Augustus’s reformed army before perishing in the German rebellion of A.D 9 his body was not found but inscription on his monument built by his brother says hopefully his bones may be interred her he holds his centurion’s baton and wears his many battle honors. Also commemorated are his two freemen who died with him. Evidently his bond with them are close.