When in Rome...
Across
- 2. Genius of the Concordia - think junior editor
- 4. Trojan hero who helped found Rome
- 8. Latin word for “chicken”
- 12. Gladiator arena
- 15. Math time! A commander needs to equip his men. He has XVIII items in total, consisting of shields and spears. Shields cost V denarii each, and spears cost II denarii each. The total cost is LX denarii. How many shields does he have?
- 17. Rome’s greatest orator
- 18. Stadium used for high speed chariot racing
- 20. Of Aeneid fame
- 21. Carthaginian who crossed the Alps with elephants
- 23. Marketplace of the city
- 26. Emperor who wore a laurel to hide his...receding hairline
- 27. Rome’s founder
- 29. Public baths
- 32. Emperor who built a massive wall across northern Britain
- 34. Famous temple in Rome
Down
- 1. Household gods who protected the Roman family
- 3. Where Romans reclined to dine
- 5. Rome’s first emperor
- 6. Eagle standard
- 7. God of beginnings (think first month of the year)
- 9. Destroyed by Vesuvius
- 10. Formal attire for a citizen of Rome
- 11. Emperor who fiddled while Rome burned
- 12. Farmer who saved Rome
- 13. Slave best known for leading a massive rebellion against the Republic
- 14. Imperator “Little Boots”
- 16. Rome’s most famous river
- 19. Roman name for the Med. Sea
- 22. “Queen of Roads”
- 24. Fermented fish sauce: a staple in Roman cuisine
- 25. Number of Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage
- 28. Famous initials of Roman authority
- 30. River Caesar crossed that sparked a civil war
- 31. Caesar’s (least) favorite province
- 33. Only Olympian to have the same name in both Roman and Greek mythology