Magnus Maximus

I was born to a poor Spanish family, in the province of Callaecia in north western Spain. After a military career, I came to serve under Theodosius the Elder in Britain in AD 369, and in Africa from AD 373 to 375.
My efforts were rewarded by being granted overall military command in Britain, where I successfully campaigned against the Picts and Scots. But the army was very disillusioned and dissatisfied with its emperor Gratian. In particular jealousies toward privileges awarded to barbarian units fighting for the empire ignited much ill-feeling with him.

Finally, in AD 383 it all boiled over and the garrison in Britain revolted and proclaimed me as the new Augustus of the west.At once i crossed the Channel with my troops taking Gratian by complete surprise. As Gratian marched his troops west to meet the me at Lutetia in battle. his troops simply deserted him and changed allegiance to me. If u ask me thats kinda sad. Gratian fled, but was caught up with by my 'Master of Horse' Andragathius who assassinated him.

I was a orthodox Catholic who, like Theodosius in the east, vehemently pursued and punished heretics and pagans. In AD 387 I elevated my infant son Flavius Victor to be co-Augustus.Then, in the summer of AD 387, I invaded Italy in a successful attempt to oust Valentinian II. The young emperor Valentinian II fled with his mother to Theodosius in Constantinople. But my attempt on increasing his realm of influence backfired. Theodosius was no longer tied up in trouble in the east anymore and stood ready to launch an attack on the usurper. 

In AD 388, while i stayed behind in Aquileia, Andragathius led his army against Theodosius, only to be defeated at Siscia.Thereafter his brother Marcellinus led the re-grouped army back into battle, but he too was defeated at Poetovio.

I was captured and pleaded for the victor to show mercy. Though Theodosius showed none and had me executed in AD 388. my son, Flavius Victor, was captured by Arbogast, Theodosius 'Master of Soldiers', and was also put to death.

 

Roman dinner party

                               " I will be hosting a dinner party and it will be seven courses"




         This is my guest list.


         sparticus scott.
         Appia elmore.
         sextus.
         publius poling.
         Aemilia pennington.
         trtia smallwood.
         Bernice fitzwater.
         servius stuart.
         secunda bibey.
         urvana.




we will be eating a seven course meal.
this will be our menu.


course 1-snails, clams, sea urchants, and fava beans.
course 2- ckick peas, lupens, leeks, carrots and turnups.
course 3-spinach, nettless,mallow, and thrushes
course 4-goatfish, parvenu, bread, hares, and green beans.
course 5-trimalchio, lucanica, black pudding, and capons.
course 6-duck, swans, pork and peacock.
course 7-beef,poulards, and fish

my school

the country ive decided to do is Russia. russian children go to school between the ages of six and seven. they finish around the ages of 16 or 17. just like america they can fail and hav to take the classes over again next year if they dont make good grades. school years are devided into three sub schools. Primary, secondary, and high.  primary is 4 years, secondary is 5 years,and  high is 2 years. they have four terms also like america. There are 2 K-12 schools in Russia, OH, including 2 public schools. Russia public schools belong to one districts, Russia Local School District. There are 1 Russia elementary school, 1 Russia middle school and 1 Russia high school. education is provided bye the state and is regulated bye the federal ministry of education and science.  Regional authorities regulate education within their jurisdictions within the prevailing framework of federal laws. In 2004 state spending for education amounted to 3.6% of GDP. russians are not really known for their education but more for their army and special forces known as spetsnaz.

christmas is celebrated on jan, 7th
 thanks to the Russian Orthodox Church that has made it an official holiday in the countryPreviously the occassion was observed on December 25th in much the same way as it was in the rest of the world, complete with Christmas trees and Christmas gifts, Saint Nicholas and the like.
they eat desert before their main dish.

budget

plane ride up/back $800.00
                             $800.00
                             $1600.00


hotel                      $500.00


tip                          $10.00


hamburger              $1.00


meal                       $35.00
meal                       $55.00


train ride                 $250.00


meal                        $70.00
meal                        $15.00


train ride                  $75.00
                                $75.00
                                $150.00


meal                          $10.00


                   total- $2856.00

map

day 7

Today is July 12^th 2011 and sadly my last day here in the great country of Spain. I woke up earlier than usual today. I woke up at 7:00am today and packed up all my things and headed downstairs to eat breakfast for the last time in Spain. I finished eating at 8:00am and headed out to the airport at 9:00am and waited for my flight. I had a great time here in Spain and I’m very sad that I’m leaving but can’t wait to tell my friends and family about my amazing stay in Spain. My plane arrived at 10:30am and had a great peaceful flight back home. I got back to Pittsburgh at 5:00pm. I then drove all the way to my home town in Belington. I told everyone about my amazing stay in Spain and im going to go their again next year.

day 6

Today is July 11^th, 2011. Every day here has been beautiful and sunny. I woke up at 10:30am and was sad that my trip here will soon be at an end. I headed downstairs to eat breakfast. I finished at 11:15am and left to go skiing in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. I took a three hour train ride there. The train ride was very peacefull. The cost for the train ride was $75.00 and $75.00 back. I had a great time skiing in the great Nevada Mountains. I ate at a small fast food restaurant around 5:00pm. My meal was $10.00. I left around 6:00pm and got back to my hotel around 9:30pm. I took a quick shower and couldn’t believe that I would have to pack all my things up and head back home to America. I went ahead and put som of my things away in my suitcase then headed off to bed.

day 5

Today is July 10^th, 2011. Today has been another great day here in Spain. I’ve really enjoyed my stay here. I woke up around 10:30am today. It was a lot earlier than the day before. I headed down like every day and ate my breakfast in my hotel. I finished eating around 11:30am. I decided to go to a beach today and go surfing. The name of the beach is San Sebastian. It’s one of the best beaches in Spain. Its only 15 miles away and only took me five hours to get there. I got their about 4:30pm and I surfed until 6:00pm and headed out to eat at mugaritz it was only a mile away from the beach. The meal was cheap and pretty at good. I finished eating at 8:00pm and the meal was $15.00. The restaurant was 13 miles away from my hotel. I arrived at my hotel at 11:15pm. I took a shower like every night and headed off  to bed.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

day 4

Today is July 9th, 2011.I decided to sleep in some today from my long interesting night. I finally got out of bed around 1:00pm and I got a shower because i couldn’t take one last night because I was too tired to take one. Lucky for me they also serve lunch in my amazing hotel. I ate around 2:00pm and finished around 2:45pm.Since I wasted half of my day already because of my fun night last night. So I decided to just go eat at a really fancy restaurant called la favorite. It is very expensive. I arrived their around 4:00pm. The food was amazing and worth the money. I finished my meal at 5:30pm and my bill was $70.00 like I said the meal was totally worth the money. I went back to my hotel at 6:45pm and took my shower. My hotel had a balcony so I went outside on it and watched the stars for a few hours then headed off to bed around 10:00pm.

day 3

today i woke up around 11:30am July 9th, 2011. I was well rested and was ready to start my day off. I headed down and ait another great breakfast. I got done eating about 12:30pm. I left my hotel around 12:45pm to take a six hour train ride to Granada. the cost for the train ride was $250.00. it is a wonderful city with one of the best resturaunts in spain. I arrived at granada at 7:00pm. i will now drive three miles to La Barceloneta. I got their about 8:00pm. I was seated and had a wonderful meal and my bill was $55.00.  i finished eating and i left around 9:30pm. i took the same train ride back. i slept most of the way their and i arrived at my stop at 3:30am. im very sleepy and had a cab drive me to my hotel. I arrived at my hotel 4:00am adn headed off to my bed and fell right to sleep.

day 2

I awoke today July 8^th, 2011 at 1130am. I got my things ready and headed down stairs wear I got to eat a free breakfast. They serve a free breakfast every morning. Some of the things they had were a little strange. I finished eating around 12:30pm. I planned to go visit some tourist attractions today and I’m going to go to the Prado museum.  It’s one of the top ten most visited attractions in Spain. its about five miles away from my hotel. about three miles down the road i stopped at a fast food restauront. i grabbed a quick hamburger wich only cost $1.00. I arrived at the museum around 2:00pm. The Prado Museum is regarded as one of the great museums. The multinational exhibits include works by Spanish artists such as El Greco and Velázquez, Italian painters such as Fra Angelico, Raphael and Flemish artists as Bosch, Rubens and Van Dyck. I left around 5:00pm and left to go eat at a nice restaurant called El Septimo. it was about three miles away from the museum and four miles from my hotel. i arrived and was quickly seated to my table. My bill was $35.00. I finished eating around 6:30. I arrived at my hotel around 8:00pm and took a shower and watched a little bit of t.v then headed to bed.

day 1

Today July 7^th, 2011 I drove to Pittsburgh airport from belington to take a four and a half hour plane ride to the wonderful Madrid Spain. The flight cost was $1226.00 for 1^st class. The 1^st class flight was amazing. I ended up falling asleep for an hour or so because it’s around 11:00 pm and I’m very tired. I arrived at the Madrid airport around 12:00 am. My hotel was only two miles from the airport.on my short drive to my hotel i saw huge buildings and som intresting resturaunts i might visit while im here. I was very exhausted and wanted to find my hotel. I called a cab and drove to my hotel. The name of my hotel is the palace hotel. It is a five star hotel and will be in the deluxe room. For seven nights the cost will be $500.00. When I arrived I was kindly greeted and they carried my things to my room. I kindly tipped the man $10.00 for carrying my things to my room. i walked into my room and it was amazing. My room was big for just one person. I went right to my bed and dozed off on my very relaxing bed.

salad recipe

Eggplants are very common in Mediterannean cooking, particularly in Spain. This eggplant dish is great to serve as a "tapa" or a side dish, especially in summer. It is the perfect make-ahead dish with roasted eggplants dressed with tomato, basil garlic in olive oil and vinegar.
recipe-

2 eggplants, medium size or 1 large

1/3-1/2 cup extra virgin Spanish olive oil

3 roma tomatoes

3 Tbsp Spanish sherry vinegar

2 green onions, finely chopped (optional)

2 tsp capers, minced

3 cloves garlic, minced

1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, chopped

2 basil sprigs for garnish

1 French-style baguette

Atilla the hun

Atilla was the ruler of the huns in 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire, which stretched from the Ural River to the Rhine River and from the Danube River to the Baltic Sea. During his reign he was one of the most feared enemies of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires. He crossed the Danube twice and crossed the Balkans, but was unable to take Constantinople. He also attempted to conquer Roman Gaul (modern France), crossing the Rhine in 451 and marching as far as Aurelianum (Orléans) before being defeated at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains. Subsequently he invaded Italy, devastating the northern provinces, but was unable to take Rome. He planned for further campaigns against the Romans but died in 453.

Battle of the Catalaunian Plains

As i took my men intto battle i wonder if this could be our last battle. becouse every battle could be our last. the year is 451 A.D. the battle will be led bye the visgothic king and roman general Flavuis Aetius. our allies will bring many weapons and men. But the lead commander is me, the great atilla.the visigothic soldiers form the core of my allied army. I will conquer western europe even if my life is taken. my men snuck in their camp and captured the visgothic king theodoric and his son thorismund. we killed theodoric and buried him beneath a mound of corpses. they invaided my camp wen we least ecpected it and they were in surch for their king. they had no idea he was dead. my allies fought greatly in the  battle.i went up to the middle of my camp and built a fire for just incase my enemy got to me i would throw myself in the fire so my enemy would not capture me and they would not get the thrill of killing them theirself.the enemy found their king dead buried in a mound of corpses and bore him away with heroic songs in sight of me and my allies. they saved his son thorismund and he was very angry at my allies and wanted to kill me himself but the general insisted he returne home and take the throne before his brother did.