Unit 4 Roman Republic Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. idea that citizens have a responsibility to help their country
  2. 9. person of noble birth; aristocrat
  3. 10. river in central Italy that flow through Rome
  4. 11. Roman general in the Punic Wars
  5. 15. series of 3 wars between Rome and Carthage
  6. 17. civilization in northern Africa known for sailing
  7. 18. roman general who became temporary dictator of Rome during war then gave up power once it was over
  8. 20. the power to cancel or postpone decisions
  9. 21. last King of the Etruscans
  10. 23. curved masonry construction for spanning an opening; invented by the Etruscans
  11. 25. highest rank of elected official in Rome; commander of the armies; chairman of Senate
Down
  1. 1. giant farm estate owned by rich partricians
  2. 2. first written laws of Ancient Rome
  3. 3. group of Roman citizens who created laws
  4. 4. type of government in which supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and exercised by representatives
  5. 6. one of 10 officers elected to protect the interests and rights for plebeians
  6. 7. early Italian civilization before the Romans
  7. 8. a sea between Italy and Greece
  8. 12. brother reformers who urged senate to break up latifundias and give back to the people; both were killed
  9. 13. chain of mountains that extends the length of the entire Italian Peninsula
  10. 14. Italic language spoken in Ancient Rome
  11. 15. person belonging to the common people in Rome
  12. 16. legendary founder of the city of Rome who killed his brother and became first king of Rome
  13. 19. largest mountain range in Europe; north of Italy
  14. 22. capital city of Italy
  15. 24. Carthaginian general in the Punic Wars