Greece and Rome

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Across
  1. 3. A form of government in which selected individuals vote
  2. 8. Crassus, Pompey and Caesar made up this ruling system
  3. 11. Father of the Greek pantheon of gods
  4. 12. The Romans and Carthaginians fought in the ___ Wars
  5. 13. Greek soldiers
  6. 16. A Greek sporting event that mimicked war
  7. 17. The high, fortified part of the city; religious practices happened there too
  8. 20. The official decree that gave religious freedom to Christians in Rome
  9. 21. To imitate the Greeks
  10. 28. Rule by voting
  11. 29. The Greek polis that focused on war and military might
  12. 31. The Greek polis that focused on democracy and education
  13. 32. The first Christian emperor of Rome
  14. 33. The temple at the Athenian acropolis
Down
  1. 1. The first official Roman emperor
  2. 2. The emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire
  3. 4. Term for Greek city-states
  4. 5. The leader of a slave revolt in ancient Rome
  5. 6. The island where Greek culture originated, although the people were not Greek
  6. 7. A 200ish year period of relative peace throughout the Roman Empire
  7. 9. How Nero died
  8. 10. The meeting place and marketplace in Greece
  9. 14. Roman officials with legal powers
  10. 15. Where a Greek army of about 7,000, led by about 300 Spartans, held Persia for two days
  11. 18. Rule by a few
  12. 19. Roman art copied ___ art
  13. 22. Greek leader who created council of 500 who voted for laws
  14. 23. A battle at which the Athenians defeated the Persians; a messenger died after running home to declare victory
  15. 24. The first Greek city-state; people focused on war
  16. 25. Because of mountains, Greek city-states developed in ___
  17. 26. Greek leaders who took control from aristocrats by force
  18. 27. Plato’s ___ allegory explained how he believed people understand the world
  19. 30. The Macedonian king who took over and united Greece after the Peloponnesian War