Caroline Davila

123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
Across
  1. 2. the capital of Italy
  2. 7. Bridges that held water
  3. 8. Caesar an era of imperial peace in which the Roman world was largely free of armed conflict
  4. 11. a building heavans
  5. 12. Wars wars between Rome and Carthage
  6. 13. The central open-air marketplace and public square in ancient Rome where people gathered for business, speeches, and government.
  7. 14. The Roman goddess of wisdom, war strategy, and handicrafts (adapted from Athena).
  8. 15. a powerful, prosperous ancient city-state and empire located in North Africa
  9. 19. The period of Greek cultural spread across the Mediterranean and Middle East after the conquests of Alexander the Great.
  10. 20. semicircular curved structure used to span an opening.
  11. 23. The period when Rome overthrew its kings and established a representative government run by elected officials (the Senate).
  12. 25. old name for Constantinople
  13. 27. The king of the Roman gods and the god of the sky and thunder (adapted from Zeus).
Down
  1. 1. The western half of the Roman Empire (capital in Rome) that collapsed in 476 CE due to invasions and economic trouble.
  2. 3. People captured in war or born into bondage who had no rights and performed most of the physical labor in the Roman world.
  3. 4. Caesar transformed the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire
  4. 5. The lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea (including parts of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East) which Rome eventually conquered and controlled.
  5. 6. tribes a diverse group of ancient and early medieval Northern European peoples
  6. 9. The queen of the Roman gods, goddess of marriage and childbirth, and wife of Jupiter (adapted from Hera)
  7. 10. A powerful Roman general and ally of Julius Caesar who later fought a civil war against Augustus Caesar (Octavian) for control of Rome and lost.
  8. 12. A 200-year period of relative peace and stability throughout the Roman Empire, started by Augustus Caesar.
  9. 16. The Roman god of music, poetry, light, and truth (he is the only major god who kept the same name as his Greek counterpart).
  10. 17. The Roman goddess of love and beauty (adapted from the Greek goddess Aphrodite).
  11. 18. The Roman goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and the moon (adapted from Artemis).
  12. 21. A high mountain
  13. 22. Emperor who made Christianity ok
  14. 24. First Roman emperor
  15. 26. important Roman poet