Exit Ticket - Spartacus, part IV

Here is an easy blog to answer. Now that we are almost done with the movie, give me your impressions of the movie. Aside from the "hokey" nature, are you enjoying the film? Are you learning anything from it? Do you think there is enough historical accuracies to make it worth spending a week watching it in class?

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Exit Ticket - Spartacus, part III

At this point in the movie we know Rome had issues with its slave population in the last century BCE. From the movie itself, identify other issues that troubled Rome in this time period?

Exit Ticket - Spartacus, part II

Now it should be becoming clear about the different agendas of each of the main characters. What did Spartacus want? What was his goal? Who did he represent?

What did Marcus Licinius Crassus (the patrician guy played by Sir Laurence Olivier) want? What was his goal? Who did he represent?

What did Gracchus (the portly man with white hair) want? What was his goal? Who did he represent?

Exit Ticket - Spartacus, part I

Okay, now that you have seen the first part of this wonderful, brilliant, and groundbreaking movie (ok, perhaps I have exaggerated), comment on the social issues that might divide Rome during this late Republican era. By this point in the movie, you have been introduced to the patricians (Crassus and Glabrus), the plebeians (Lentulus Bitiatus and later Gracchus), and the working people or the slaves (Spartacus). They all have different agendas for Rome and their classes. Are these social issues irreconcilable? That is, is conflict inevitable amongst these groups?

Reading, p. 131-136 - The Best of Times, the Worst of Times

As Rome expanded their reach and influence around the Mediterranean Sea, their wealth and power grew exponentially. They became the undisputed superpower of the known world. However, it also brought tremendous unrest and your text begins the discussion of the fall of the mighty Roman Republic. Give your views on the idea that the aftermath of the Punic Wars was both "the best of times and the worst of times" for Rome.

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Exit Ticket, 2/3/09

Briefly respond to the make-up of Roman government. Tell us if you think it makes sense and can bring about the orderly society that all humans have craved from the dawn of civilization. Please be specific identifying which elements would work and which elements would not.

Please post a response by February 4.