Crossword Battles - Unit 4 - Ancient Rome
Across
- 4. brought under Rome rule after conquest of Claudius in 43 CE, Boudican Revolt in 60-61 AD, rich in metals needed for coinage
- 5. descendant of Macedonian Greek general Ptolemy, last ruler of Egypt before it became a Roman province
- 6. governing assembly in ancient Rome, only patricians were members in early period
- 8. founded after Rome defeated Carthage, one of the wealthiest provinces, rich with olive plantations and clay sources
- 10. annexed by Pompey in 64 BC, ports and trade routes were important economic forces, many exports
- 13. Spain and Portugal, acquired during Punic Wars, served as a granary and a major source of metals
Down
- 1. led Roman armies in Gallic Wars, defeated Pompey in a civil war, assassinated on the Ides of March
- 2. administrative regions of the Roman Republic and later Empire outside of Italy
- 3. Rome's rule began after defeat of Marc Antony and Cleopatra, major producer of grain
- 6. first Roman province, acquired after First Punic War, important source of grain
- 7. Greece, came under Roman rule after Battle of Corinth in 146 BC, Athens was a primary center of education
- 9. defeated Marc Antony and Cleopatra, founder of the Roman Empire, first emperor
- 11. Israel, became a Roman province under Augustus after death of Herod the Great, controlled land and coastal sea routes to Israel, buffer against Parthian Empire
- 12. Caesar's campaign allowed Rome to claim France, the Netherlands, and Belgium