Today in class we went in farther into the topic of excellence. Today's class was mostly centered around Socrates and his death. Before Socrates the people of Greece decided to revolt against their leader. When they overthrew the government the people with the help of a man named Cleisthenes made the Athenian government a democracy which is the first in the world. After democracy became successful a philosopher named Socrates started to become with his method in making people think. His method was to ask people a series of questions about their beliefs to figure out how the person really felt on a topic. Unfortunately this did land Socrates in trouble, the government accused him of corrupting the youth and impiety which is the non-belief in the Greek gods. During his trail Socrates did not feel like he had done anything wrong in the contrary he felt like he had done the government a favor by making the youth think. He was sentenced by a jury trial of 500 jury members to death. When offered a chance to escape by the prison guards he refused staying loyal to the Athenian government.
Toady in class instead of reviewing the test we read and took notes on the next three sections. The first section was on the Rise of Christianity and talked about how Jesus' teachings spread. The most important reason they spread was because his teachings brought salvation to all. Christianity was a vision that a Roman emperor had before he went into battle. They won the battle and he made it so Christians would no longer be persecuted.
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