Roman Empire

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Across
  1. 3. Large agricultural estates worked mainly by slaves
  2. 5. Emperor remembered for cruelty and unpredictable behavior
  3. 7. Fighter who battled for entertainment
  4. 10. Decree that granted religious tolerance to Christians
  5. 12. Emperor who restructured the empire and persecuted Christians
  6. 13. Structure that carried water into cities
  7. 15. Later period of the empire marked by autocratic rule
  8. 18. First emperor of Rome
  9. 20. Fortified frontier boundaries of the Roman Empire
  10. 21. Standard silver coin of the Roman economy
  11. 24. Political alliance of three leaders in Roman politics
  12. 25. Long period of peace and stability in the empire
  13. 26. Emperor under whom Rome reached its greatest territorial size
  14. 27. Official who conducted the census and enforced morality
  15. 29. Emperor who fought as a gladiator and weakened imperial authority
  16. 32. State grain supply that fed the city of Rome
  17. 33. Form of government Rome had before emperors
  18. 35. Governing council made up of Roman elites
  19. 36. First Roman emperor who ushered in the Pax Romana
  20. 37. System of mutual obligation between patrons and clients
  21. 38. Elite guard responsible for protecting the emperor
  22. 39. Defensive barrier built in Britain
  23. 42. System of rule by four established by Diocletian
  24. 48. Emperor known for a long, peaceful reign
  25. 50. Legal authority to command armies and govern provinces
  26. 51. Term Romans used for non-Roman outsiders
  27. 52. Emperor who strengthened the army and reduced Senate power
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  1. 1. Member of Rome’s hereditary aristocracy
  2. 2. Event in 455 CE when Rome was plundered
  3. 4. Language spoken by ancient Romans
  4. 6. Emperor who converted to Christianity and founded Constantinople
  5. 8. Title Augustus used meaning “first citizen”
  6. 9. Emperor blamed for the Great Fire of Rome
  7. 11. Religion that spread widely during the empire
  8. 14. Emperor who legalized Christianity
  9. 16. Title used by Roman emperors, named after Julius
  10. 17. Emperor who expanded Roman rule into Britain
  11. 19. Augustus’s successor, known for his reclusive rule
  12. 22. Philosopher-emperor who wrote Meditations
  13. 23. Military leader whose assassination led to the end of the Republic
  14. 28. Emperor who divided the empire to improve administration
  15. 29. Imperial road and communication system
  16. 30. Capital city of the Roman Empire
  17. 31. Common citizen of Rome
  18. 34. Emperor known as “the Apostate” for rejecting Christianity
  19. 40. Name for the eastern Roman Empire after the west fell
  20. 41. Year traditionally given for the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 CE)
  21. 43. Famous Roman arena in Rome
  22. 44. Large unit of Roman soldiers
  23. 45. Founder of the Flavian dynasty who restored stability after civil war
  24. 46. Eastern Roman emperor who codified Roman law
  25. 47. Last emperor to rule both eastern and western halves
  26. 49. Emperor who oversaw the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE