Module 10: Ancient Rome

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Across
  1. 2. __ Roman dictator who gave up power and returned to farming
  2. 6. __ Group of Roman officials who advised leaders
  3. 8. Wars __ Series of wars fought between Rome and Carthage
  4. 10. __ Peninsula where Rome was located
  5. 12. __ River Rome was built near
  6. 14. __ City that became the center of a powerful ancient civilization
  7. 17. __ Structure used to carry water to Roman cities
  8. 19. __ Organized groups of Roman soldiers
  9. 21. __ Legendary founder who gave Rome its name
  10. 23. __ Wealthy nobles who held power in early Rome
  11. 25. __ Power to stop a law from being passed
  12. 26. __ Emperor who divided the Roman Empire
Down
  1. 1. __ System that prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful
  2. 3. __ Roman legal system that influenced modern laws
  3. 4. __ Areas of land controlled by Rome outside Italy
  4. 5. __ Common people of Roman society
  5. 7. __ Form of government ruled by an emperor
  6. 9. __ Ruler with almost absolute power for a limited time
  7. 11. __ Trojan hero Romans believed was their ancestor
  8. 13. Caesar __ Roman leader who became dictator and was assassinated
  9. 15. __ Type of government created by Romans in 509 BC
  10. 16. __ Hun leader who attacked Roman territory
  11. 18. __ Rome’s first emperor
  12. 20. __ Center of Roman political, social, and economic life
  13. 22. __ Rome’s rival city during the Punic Wars
  14. 23. Romana __ Period of peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire
  15. 24. __ Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps
  16. 27. __ Two leaders elected to run the Roman Republic