Rome was the largest ancient empire, and its influence has been felt through most of history, even to this day. But Rome fell in 426 AD, leaving the Byzantine Empire. The empire of Rome ceased to exist, and, in its place, was the kingdom of Italy, ruled by one of the Gothic barbarians who sacked …
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Tornadoes 🌪ï¸
Tornadoes come from Supercell thunderstorms, really big and violent storms, when the updraft has a rotating motion. If the updraft goes down low enough, it will cause a wall cloud to form, and then a funnel cloud will come down out of it and when it touches the ground, boom, a tornado is born. Tornadoes …
Roman Housing
Domus The Domus was a house owned by rich Roman citizens. There was a front opening, and one could see all the way through a house to the rear garden. There would then be a shrine, and then a living room and a garden. On the sides of the house you would have private rooms, …
Trajan
Trajan served as a general of the Roman army under both Domitian and Nerva before he became emperor. He fought in the Dacian Wars, winning, and in the Parthian Campaign, which he lost. Trajan was born in Spain, being the first emperor born outside Rome. This pretty much meant to the rest of the empire …
Indianapolis Climate
I live in Indianapolis, and I’m going to talk about the climate for my home city. In the summers, you have temperatures reaching 90 degrees on a really hot day. Summer days can be humid or dry. In winter, you have mostly dry weather, and not much snow. At most, a few feet. In the …
The Flavian Dynasty
After the death of Nero, the last Julio-Claudian emperor, we had the year of the four emperors. Three, short-lived emperors came before Vespasian, who started the short-lived Flavian Dynasty. He and his two sons reigned, his sons’ names being Titus and Domitian. Vespasian was the first ruler. He had served under emperor Nero, and was …
Hannibal: History Week 25 Review
Hannibal was a was a young man when he went to fight in Iberia (Haspaina, modern day Spain and Portugal). There, with his father, he vowed never to befriend Rome. This was after the first Punic War had ended. A while later, his father was killed in battle, and his brother was assassinated. Leaving Hannibal …
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History Week 24 Review
How the Roman Army was Constructed The army was grouped into a few levels. The first was the legion. A legion had 5000 men. Those were divided into cohorts of 500 men, so there were 10 cohorts in a legion. Then there is a century of 80-100 men. There are 5 centuries in a cohort, …
Things I Look Forward To
I feel like I always need something to look forward to, so here are a couple of events I can look forward to. I look forward to holidays for one thing. Especially Christmas, which takes a lot of getting-ready-for. Picking out gifts can take me from Thanksgiving to the day of, which really extends the …