Chapter 3 sententiae

1.Must, friend, down is the roman peoples thinking

2.Horace, my friend Agustus, I have numerous friends

3.My little book and feeling my life warning man

4.Usually man is eager for wisdom

5.Luck opposite man, large wisdom will not frighten

Pompeii

Pompeii was once baried under ash from a major volcano expolsion. 79 A.D. Mt. Vesuvius had a loung catasrophic eruption lasting two days. The volcano put 60 feet of ash over the city. Because of the ash it preserved the people that died from the eruption. You could almost say that popeii is a time capsul. You can see exactly what the people were doing just befor they died.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii

Roman Mythology

Roman Mythology was adapted from the Greek mythology. Some of the early roman mythology was about the romans and how their city was developed. It is their belief that the trojains were actually their ancestors. The reason that the romans chose the uniforms for their soldiers is because they wanted it to look something like the trojians. When the romans started tocommunicate with the greeks they adopted their gods, and changed their names up a little.

Rome Time Line

753 B.C.- The founding date of Rome by Romulous
715 B.C.- founding of the Roman senate
554 B.C.- The last Roman king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus built the temple of Jupitor
509 B.C.- the begining of the Roman Republic
447 B.C.- The tribal assembally was created, first time two quaestors were elected
396 B.C.- Rome captures, and sacks the city of Etruscan. Roman soldiers earned their first salary
390 B.C.- The Guals bet the romans in the battle of Allia, later the Guals would sack Rome.
343 B.C.- The Begining of the first Saminite war
340 B.C.- Rome enters the Latin war on the side f the saminites
663 A.D.- Constans II was the last emporer of rome

Ares story

This mourning i wake up on my luxurious bed on Mt. Olympus to the sound of my cult requesting my help in an upcomeing battle against the Athenians. I was all to happy to ablige. It's about time I get to fight my rival Athna again. Oh how I will relish her defeat. I shall give the solders the strength of hercules, and the skill and persion of Achellies. I shall rain death down on those blasted Athenians. And if I am lucky enough i will have the privledge of comfronting Athena on the battle field. I will surely make sure that the spartans crush the Athenians.

Ares

Ares is the Greek god of war. He is more acuratly know as the god of bloodlust. Ares in an important olympic god in epic tradition. Ares was not trusted by Hellenes, because Ares was known for unpredictable violence. His birth place and was far off and barbarion like Thracians. Athena and Ares were enemys. Ares had a quadriga, which was a chariot drawn by four horses covered in flames. Amoung the gods he was recognized by his shinning gold armor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares