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Down: 2) Christian intellectuals who attempted to defend Christianity against attacks by polytheists.3) Pieces of the bodies or clothing of saints, thought to possess miraculous powers.4) Roman emperor who fought German invasions and practiced Stoicism.5) City on the Bay of Naples destroyed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius.6) Guidelines that specify how Jews relate to God.8) Respected Jewish teacher who decides questions of ritual and law.9) Roman emperor who preferred the army to the Senate.10) Roman emperor who raised the pay of the soldiers and gave Roman citizenship to almost everyone in the empire.11) Tenant farmers who worked sections of estates in exchange for a percentage of their crops.12) Barbarian peoples who threatened Rome's northern frontier in the third century.18) Extension of Roman culture throughout the empire.19) Form of execution in which the victim is hung from a wooden crossbar and left to die a lingering death.22) Gift of gold coins distributed to soldiers by new emperors.23) To recruit new members actively for an organization or belief.25) The seeking out and punishing of Christians by the imperial government.27) Secretary of the emperor Hadrian who wrote biographies called the Twelve Caesars.28) Commander of the Praetorian Guard.29) Members of the city councils in the provinces.30) The denial of Communion to a Christian; later, the exclusion from other Christian sacraments as well.31) The revealing of Jesus as the Messiah, a reference to the Second Coming of Christ, also known as Judgment Day.32) Emperors during the latter part of the imperial crisis who had risen through the ranks in the army and been made emperor by their troops.35) Worship of the divinity of living and deified emperors in which provincials renewed their loyalty to Rome and the emperor; carried out in temples of Rome and Augustus.36) Founder of Christianity, whom Christians believe was the son of God and Jewish Messiah.37) Composite culture shared by people living in the Roman Empire.38) Leader of the Christian community in a city.40) Roman empire as established by Augustus.47) One who suffers for his or her faith.52) Original twelve disciples of Jesus Christ.54) Roman emperor who sought to reunify the empire by ordering all citizens to sacrifice at the altar of the imperial cult. Across: 1) Roman emperor who concentrated on defending the empire and built a wall.4) Written collection of interpretations of Jewish law.7) Epic poem, written by the poet Vergil, describing the origins of Rome and Roman virtue.13) Professional army stationed permanently in the same place that does little fighting.14) Period of Latin literature lasting from the death of Augustus until the end of the second century.15) Legal expert who commented on the law and advised emperors.16) Title given to Roman imperial women.17) Racial, religious, or ethnic hostility directed against Jews.20)  Unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification 21) Work of art made from small colored pieces of stone or glass cemented together.24) Roman emperor who blamed the Christians for a great fire in Rome.26) Eastern extending from Mesopotamia to Iran that succeeded the Parthian Empire.33) Informers who accused people of treason and received part of their property at their conviction.34) Period of civil war and foreign invasions in ancient Rome.39) Large circular structure with seats around a circular arena, used for entertainment.41) Books of scripture that the Christians added to the Hebrew Bible.42) Means by which power was transferred from one emperor to the next.43) Ten thousand-man elite Roman army unit stationed in Rome.44) Sin committed by Adam and Eve when they disobeyed God's command not to eat from the tree of knowledge.45) Coins that were hidden, usually in the ground, either as a means of saving or in times of trouble.46) A Christian's denial of his or her faith.48) Period when the Roman Empire was at its height.49) Roman emperor whose conquest of Dacia and Mesopotamia violated the policy of Augustus against foreign conquests.50) Roman historian who wrote histories from Julius Caesar through the emperor Domitian.51) Astronomer and geographer who favored an earth-centered universe and created a star catalogue and world map.53) Collection of Jewish teachings that serve as the comprehensive guide to Jewish life.55) Christian clerics responsible for overseeing church finances and carrying out good works of the church.56) Belief that Christian bishops receive their authority by being direct successors to Jesus' apostles.57) Christian martyr believed to be able to intercede with God.58) The Messiah Judaism : a king who will be sent by God 59) The most influential medicinal writer of antiquity.60) Title given to Octavian that he used as his name, also used as the title of all subsequent Roman emperors.
 

 

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