Across
- 3. Legendary founder and first king of Rome
- 4. Caesar Roman general named dictator for life
- 8. _____ brothers, Tribunes assessinated by the Senate
- 10. Tribune killed after proposing land reform
- 12. Rome’s rival in North Africa inhabited by the Punic people
- 15. Rome’s most powerful governing body
- 16. River beside which Rome was built
- 18. Alliance of three political leaders
- 19. Officials elected to protect plebeians
- 21. Roman military unit of approximately 5,000 soldiers
- 23. Leader given temporary absolute power during emergencies
Down
- 1. Two officials elected annually to govern Rome
- 2. Region conquered by Julius Caesar, nowadays France
- 5. Large Roman estates worked by enslaved people
- 6. Wars Conflicts fought between Rome and Carthage
- 7. People who ruled central Italy and influenced Roman engineering, architecture, and writing
- 9. Government in which citizens elect representatives
- 11. Control of foreign lands and peoples to build an empire
- 13. Common Roman citizens who fought for greater rights
- 14. Wealthy Roman landowners who controlled the Senate
- 17. Twin brother of Rome’s legendary founder
- 20. Power to block a proposed law
- 22. Official language of ancient Rome