The Roman Empire and Christianity

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Across
  1. 4. the arena for gladiators and bloody spectacles
  2. 7. the "the Good News" of forgiveness of sins because of Jesus
  3. 9. the Holy book of Christianity
  4. 11. the Roman Concept of law...innocent until proven ____
  5. 13. Rome fell in large part due to _____ of foreign barbarians (mostly Germanic)
  6. 15. this "wonder material" allowed Romans to build impressive monuments and buildings
  7. 17. the emperor that DIVIDED the empire to save it
  8. 18. the temple to ALL Roman gods built by Hadrian
  9. 19. the early Christian church faced _____ from Jews and Romans
Down
  1. 1. the new religion originating in Roman Judea
  2. 2. the first Roman Emperor
  3. 3. the period of "Roman Peace"
  4. 5. this engineering marvel carried fresh water to the cities
  5. 6. trade flourished with the East over the _____ in the Pax Romana
  6. 8. this emperor moved the capital of Rome to the East and legalized Christianity
  7. 10. the writer of the Aeneid about Rome's mythical past
  8. 12. the language of the Roman Empire
  9. 14. this island was conquered in the Pax Romana...Hadrian builds his wall here
  10. 16. the founder of Christianity
  11. 19. the most significant early missionary of Christianity