Monday, April 29, 2013

#40 Gracchus Brothers 3rd Punic War Video!


Today in Western Civilization, we went in and started to watch a video about Gracchus the dad and how when he died they kept his body sitting up like in a thrown and put wax in his eyes so it looked like he was looking still, then they burned him in a “funeral fire”/ It was also about the 3rd Punic War against Carthage with Tiberius Gracchus and Octavius (not the one we are familiar with). If you were someone with a lot of money you would have rather spent time with Octavius because he had the huge house and all the drinks and money and pretty much whatever you wanted. Tiberius Gracchus on the other hand was someone you could depend on to help you like he helped the lady when her cart flipped over and fed her and made her and her children feel safe. Tiberius’ mother didn’t like Carthage, she thought it was gross. The war was very violent too, they poured hot oil on them and then threw torches so they lit on fire and burned to death. Tiberius was a hero and did a great job of taking his father’s place!

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