Tarquins

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Across
  1. 1. The city built at the mouth of the Tiber to serve as a harbor.
  2. 3. The large open space in Rome used for public meetings and a marketplace.
  3. 6. The wife of Tarquin who believed the eagle was a sign from the gods.
  4. 7. The great building Tarquin constructed for horse races and other games for the people.
  5. 9. The counting of the people to determine how many were fit for war.
  6. 12. The bird that snatched the cap from Tarquin’s head and then replaced it.
  7. 13. The Roman god to whom a magnificent temple was built on the Capitoline Hill.
  8. 14. The workers who copied books by hand using pens made of reeds.
Down
  1. 2. The name the Romans gave to Lucumo after he moved from Etruria to Rome.
  2. 4. The vehicle Tarquin and his wife were riding in when the eagle appeared.
  3. 5. The material used for the pages of the sacred Sibylline Books.
  4. 8. This was built to drain the valleys between the hills.
  5. 10. The king who was once a boy with a mysterious flame around his head.
  6. 11. The mysterious woman who offered nine books of prophecy to the king.