Rome empire

3. the system of government in ancient Rome, combining elements of democracy and oligarchy.
4. leader of the huns who played a significant role in the fall of Rome.
8. ancient city that became the capital of the eastern roman empire after the fall of Rome.
11. month in which Julius was assassinated.
15. carthaginian city-state that was Hannibal's homeland.
16. germanic tribe that overran the western Roman empire in 410 AD.
18. the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD buried this Roman city.
19. title given to Julius Caesar, indicating supreme power.
20. the first emperor of Rome.
21. Carthaginian general that used elephants.
23. the economic and military decline if the roman empire is often attributed to the excessive influence of this class of noncitizen laborers.
24. last roman emperor of the west, deposed in 476 AD.
25. Roman general who was defeated by the visigoths at the battle of adrianople in 378 AD.

1. the term used to describe the gradual decline of the roman empire over several centuries.
2. military units of the Rome empire.
5. the political and military alliance formed by Julius, Pompey and Crassus.
6. the year in which Julius Caesar was assassinated.
7. Egyptian queen with whom julius had a romantic relationship.
9. the period of relative peace and stability in the roman empire.
10. language spoken by the ancient Romans.
12. emperor who famously fiddled while Rome burned.
13. this famous roman leader was assassinated on the ides of march.
14. the architectural structure used for public spectacles and gladiator contests.
17. the roman general who defeated Hannibal in the second Punic war.
22. the political and military leader who formed the first triumvirate.