Last amount of notes on Rome

Today in class, Mr. Schick joked about letting the students use their computers, but then the children argued with him, telling him that each student would be fine, and they'd pay attention. So, we were allowed to use our computers, but only to blog, and listen to music. The teacher went through the rest of slides that we have to study for the test on Thursday. I also starred the important headings/topics that were going to be on the test. There were extra slides that will not be on the test that I took notes on, but I'm going to add it in my blog anyway. Two empires fighting for control. First Punic War (264-241 B.C.E). Naval battles for control of the strategically located island of Sicily. Rome wins. The (Carthaginian) Empire strikes back. Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.E). 29-year-old Carthaginian general Hannibal almost does the impossible: taking Rome. Third (and final) Punic War (149-146 B.C.E). Rome wanted to finally remove the threat of Carthage. Carthage was burned for 17 days; the city's walls and buildings were utterly destroyed. When the war ended, the last 50,000 people in the city were sold into slavery. Economic change, social upheaval. Slaves poured into Italy (50,000 Carthaginians, 150,000 Greek POWs, etc.). Saves did the work on farms for the rich. Small farmers lost their lands. Poor plebs (literally). The poet Juvenal said Rome "anxiously hopes for two things: bread and circuses". A change in the rule. Tiberius Gracchus recognized the advantages of courting the Plebeians. Nobody did that better than Caesar. Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C.E). Highly successful general. Conquered the territory of Gaul. Those were all the notes that I had taken today in class, the test is in two days, I hope I do well on it. That is also mostly all we did in class.