All about that arch, that arch, no post and lintel

Humanitarians,

Today we CE'd - we are halfway through, so check with your teacher if you are worried about your CE numbers.

Theeeeeen onto Roman Architecture. The big takeaway here is that Romans are taking the Greek's architecture and improving on it. Columns, they cool how they are, let's just keep them!

Some Roman inventions/architecture you should be aware of:

• Arches
• Aqueducts
• Concrete
• Domes
• Triumphal Arches & Columns
• the Coliseum
• the Pantheon

ahh, i always forgot this was fought in the Coliseum!

lolz

Tomorrow, we are heading back to the Greeks and discussing DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMA! 

Now, I know what you really want...more pictures of my Roman adventure! Don't worry, here they come!

in the forum w/ coliseum in the background

my first gelato ever, next door to the Pantheon

This day in history!

• 1839: The first Opium War between China and Britain broke out. For some reason, this makes me miss Zach Laguna. 
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• 1903: Panama proclaimed its independence from Colombia. Shortly thereafter, we built a canal there. 
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• 1952: Clarence Birdseye marketed the first frozen peas. This makes me laugh for some reason.
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• 1957: The Soviet Union sent the first animal, a dog named Laika, into space aboard the Sputnik II. Laika died in orbit. :(



so cute :( so sad


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• 1986: A Lebanese magazine broke the story of US arms sales to Iran, leading to the Iran-Contra affair. 
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• 1992: Carol Moseley-Braun became the first black woman elected to the US Senate. 
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• 2004: Hamid Karzai was the winner in Afghanistan's first presidential election. 
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Happy Thursday! Hopefully it doesn't rain on the football team/band this evening!

- cbg