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Down: 1) Type of house occupied by the upper classes and some wealthy freedman during the Republican and Imperial eras. It comes from the Ancient Greek word domi meaning structure.2) A government in which citizens elected representatives to rule on their behalf.5) Twin brother of Romulus who tried to name the city and wanted to be king but was killed by his brother during a quarrel. 6) A period of peace for the Roman Empire that began with the rule of Augustus and lasted for about 200 years. The “Roman Peace.”7) The last of the Punic wars fought between the Phoenician colony of Carthage and the Roman Republic. This War ended Carthage’s independent existence.8) A Roman athlete, usually a slave, criminal, or prisoner of war, who was forced to fight for the entertainment of the public.9) The early version of Romans known as Tyrrhenians by the Greeks, who’s economy was based on agriculture, trade, and mineral resources.12) The son of the prince Anchises and goddess Aphrodite, Aeneas is said to be the Trojan hero of Virgil’s epic poem; Aeneid. Across: 3) Also referred to as the Hannibalic War or The War Against Hannibal, lasted from 218 – 201BC. This is where Hannibal tries to border Rome by going through the Alps.4) A well defined class of legal experts who grew up in Rome. These men were the lawyers in Rome.10) 1st Roman emperor, won the civil war following Julius Caesar’s assassination and went on to unify the empire and establish the Pax Romana.11) Roman emperor who divided the empire in 2 and oversaw the eastern part.13) The first of three wars fought between Ancient Carthage and the Roman Republic. (264 – 241BC)14) Twin brother of Remus who wanted to name the city and be king but in a fit of rage, picked up a rock, killed his brother and made himself king of the city he named Rome.15) Roman emperor who founded Constantinople as the new eastern capital of the Roman Empire.16) The Roman Emperor last in the Julio-Claudian Dynasty who focused much of his attention on diplomacy, trade, and enhancing the cultural life of the Empire.17) Roman general who became the republic’s dictator.
 

 

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