Friday, April 25, 2014

The Rise and Fall of an Empire

Today we watched a video about Ancient Rome and the rise and fall of its leader, Julius Caesar. We had some trouble in the beginning of class trying to get the video to work but then we just all individual watched it on our laptops. Some of the people in the video included: Titus Labienus (general, Caesar’s army), Gaius Crastinus (veteran Centurion), and Mark Antony (general, Caesar’s army). Obviously Caesar was also in the video. The video was mostly about the war fought between Gaul and Rome. Caesar fought in battle against them to protect his home and his people were loyal to him. It’s not normal for a leader of any kind (king, dictator, consul, etc.) to fight in war with his people, but instead just watch from afar. In the end Caesar and his army had won but that was just the beginning of Caesar’s success in Ancient Rome. 

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