Roman Way of War Pt. 1-4

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Across
  1. 1. Roman boarding bridge that turned sea fights into land fights (6)
  2. 5. What three maniples became after reorganization (6)
  3. 7. Marius's _____ (5)
  4. 12. Veterans who lost their back-row spears — and their purpose — to Marius (7)
  5. 13. Republican body that lost its army to better-paying generals? (6)
  6. 14. Slave-powered estates that ate the Italian countryside (10)
  7. 15. First general to use his own army against Rome, 88 BC (5)
  8. 16. 31 BC battle that closed the book on the Republic (6)
  9. 17. Roman writer: "Exercises were bloodless battles; battles were bloody exercises" (8)
  10. 18. What Caesar's assassins forgot they'd need, 44 BC (7)
  11. 19. Eagle standard that replaced the wolf, horse, boar, and minotaur (6)
Down
  1. 2. Crossing the _____ (7)
  2. 3. Original price of Roman military service (8)
  3. 4. 216 BC disaster that cost 50,000+ lives — and Rome just rebuilt (6)
  4. 6. African rival leveled in 146 BC (8)
  5. 7. His 107 BC reform solved a manpower crisis and started a loyalty one (6)
  6. 8. Legionary's short sword (7)
  7. 9. Uninvited Italian visitor, 218 BC? (8)
  8. 10. Roman javelin designed to bend on impact (5)
  9. 11. Vanishing Roman class? (6)