Quest or Tizz?

We started western civilization off today on a different note. Instead of getting straight into reviewing the Rome song, we actually began with watching the chariot scene from Ben Hur. It was pretty funny actually because after we finished it, Drew told the class that he had noticed something while we were watching. What did he notice, you ask...well let me tell you. There was a moment in the video where you had a quick glimpse if the emperor watching the race. When you saw this scene, right next to the emperor was a camera man who had been cropped in. It was so funny but so weird and confusing. But we laughed and then moved on. After watching the scene, we went into continuing taking notes. we didn't really get very far because we stayed on the topic of the Punic Wars. But we did go in the text book and read, even though we did go through a couple of bumps on the way. The notes we took down today were;

• The word Punic was the Latin word for Phoenicians.
• In the first phase of struggle, Rome was able to force Carthage out of Sicily,  but the North African city kept the rest of their empire.
• Hannibal brought Rome to the brink of defeat, but Rome prevailed by bringing out citizens and allies from the rest of Italy who were ready and excited to fight for Rome.
• On the other hand, Carthaginians were paid to fight and didn't have the same motivation as the Romans.
• Rome finally took Carthage and controlled most of the western Mediterranean.  

After writing this information down, Mr. Schick said that we would have a "quest" on it tomorrow. He isn't referring to the quest, as in a search for something, but as in a combination of a quiz and a test - a quest!