Primary Source Analysis: Letter from St. Jerome to Principia.

1. AUTHOR - What do you know, or what can you infer about the author? I can infer that he in is in great pain about the fall of Rome and he is disgusted at how the people and dead bodies were treated.
2. PLACE AND TIME - Where and when was the source produced, and how does this affect its meaning? The letter was dated in 402 AD and was written by a person directly involved with the fall and someone who was there. so it may be somewhat biased coming from a Roman
3. PRIOR KNOWLEDGE - What else do you know that would help you understand the source? We know that one of the reasons for the fall of Rome was That Barbarians eventually ransacked them. It may help if we new a little more about the Barbarians.
4. AUDIENCE - For whom was the source created and how might this affect its reliability? This letter was written as a personal letter between two, I would assume, friends. this could mean it wasn't meant for public. therefore some of the facts may not add up.
5. REASON – For what purpose what this source created? This was created to give a friend a play by play of what had happened as Rome was falling and to reiterate the horrors of what had happened
6. THE MAIN IDEA – What’s the main idea? The main idea is the fall of Rome and to put into picture the terror of what had happened
7. SIGNIFICANCE - Why is this source important? What conclusions can be drawn from the source, or what questions remain unanswered? I dont understand how he made it out alive. he is important because it gives us more facts about how rome fell.

Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius April 26, 121 AD-March 17, 180 AD
Natural causes

He ruled for 19 years

He was a genius he studied philosophy and was a very serious person.

One creepy part of his life was his addiction to opium.

His death is unkown for certain but it may be do to his opium addiction or his constant sickness.

Spartacus

1. WHO was Spartacus? A Thracian Gladiator who led many revolts and slaves to battle
2. WHAT did he do?  Defeated the Roman government in a giant revolt. 
3. WHY did he do it?  For freedom 
4. WHEN did it happen?   71 BC
5. WHERE did it happen?  In Rome along the Italian peninsula
6. HOW did it end?   He was killed in battle. with his army.
7. WAS HE A HERO OR A VILLAIN? He was a hero to thousands of slaves, but to the roman government he was a villain trying to disrupt the peace

Roman Culture

Roman Religion-
 Was a modified version of the greek gods. were myriad ( accepted other things  to other conquered religions. The top three gods were known as the Archaic Triad. they were Jupiter, Mars, Neptune

The Roman Gladiators- The games were held in honor of the dead manes and spirits. was fought between everything you can imagine man v animal, man v man, woman v woman, everything. were often times slaves.

Roman Timeline

753 BC- Founding of Rome- Romulus becomes king

535 BC- Tarquinius Superbus- Married to Tulia who killed her father to get to the throne. 

509 BC- Banishment of Superbus- His son raped Lucretia and got him and his entire family kicked of              the throne

396 BC- Rome Defeats the Etruscans- they tunneled underneath the city and killed everyone in site

264-146 BC The punic wars- Was a war fought between Rome and Carthage. was probably the biggest wars ever to happen.

73-71 BC- Spartacus' slave revolt- he led thousands of slaves and in the end was defeated and 11,000 of his slaves were crucified

100-44 BC Julius Caesar- changed history forever, made the first 365 day calendar. he also created the emperor of rome and tutored him and taught him.

Augustus 27 BC-14 AD

First Roman emperor. Led Rome from a republic to an empire  

Caligula   37- 41AD

Nero        54-68 AD

In his reign he became crazy and executed many people. The empire revolted against him.

Domitian 81-96 AD

Trajan      98- 117 AD

Hadrian   117-138 AD

Marcus Aurelius 161- 180 AD

Commodus 180- 192 AD