Rome & Greece

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Across
  1. 1. military strategy that was deemed too large and slow so Romans abandoned it
  2. 3. sport that the Minoans enjoyed
  3. 5. singing storytellers, Homer was one
  4. 8. large amphitheater built in Rome around A.D. 70; site of contests and combats between people and animals
  5. 11. Did Greek women have any political or legal rights?
  6. 13. richest man in Rome
  7. 15. advised the consuls, debated foreign policy, proposed laws, and approved contracts for constructing roads, temples, and defenses
  8. 16. leader whose word was law and could overrule the consuls
  9. 17. Latin word for "I forbid"
  10. 19. nobles
  11. 21. archaeologists who discovered Troy
  12. 24. another name for slaves in Sparta
  13. 25. keepers of tax and population records
  14. 27. All life in Sparta revolved around the ______
  15. 28. Minoan palace
  16. 29. huge estates operated by slave labor that flourished in parts of the Roman Empire
  17. 31. what the Romans called the Carthaginians
  18. 33. basic unit of Roman society
  19. 34. who wrote about the shortness of life and rewards of companionship in Odes
  20. 39. new building material that the Romans used to construct the Pantheon
  21. 42. description of Greek climate
  22. 43. man who seized power and ruled the polis single-handedly
Down
  1. 2. took charge of North Africa
  2. 4. Romans adopted many deities from this society
  3. 6. marketplace
  4. 7. chief god of Greeks
  5. 9. Rome's official language
  6. 10. successors of the Minoans on Crete
  7. 12. Roman soldiers
  8. 14. example of a democracy
  9. 18. Greek physician who formed the basis of Roman medical science
  10. 20. group of 3 persons with equal power
  11. 22. permanent military settlements
  12. 23. Rome's harbor where trade took place
  13. 26. example of an oligarchy
  14. 30. power lies in the hands of all citizens
  15. 32. kind of weapon that the Dorians had \
  16. 35. wrote Metamorphoses (verses based on Greek mythology)
  17. 36. reason for the big dispute between Antony and Octavian
  18. 37. judges
  19. 38. Egyptian astronomer who formed the foundation of Rome's astronomy; prediction of planet motions
  20. 40. wealthiest Mediterranean city
  21. 41. Island SW of Greek mainland