Ancient History Crossword

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  1. 2. the Greek father of history
  2. 6. a council was convened in this city in 325AD, the namesake of the Credo
  3. 7. City famous for figures such as St Clement and Origen
  4. 10. the first pitched battle of the First Punic War
  5. 12. Latin name for the city of Milan
  6. 13. Battle where Alexander the Great beat the Persians under Darius III
  7. 15. Wars of the _____, fought between Alexander’s successors
  8. 16. Hunnic Leader who was defeated by Flavius Aetius
  9. 17. a Persian Empire famous for defeating the Romans at Carrhae
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  1. 1. Roman Emperor famed for instituting the Tetrarchy
  2. 3. King of Numidia who helped Hannibal before switching sides to the Romans
  3. 4. southern region of Italy once conquered by the Greeks
  4. 5. Greek island in the Aegean, famed for a sculpture of its winged horse
  5. 8. A Germanic leader who brought the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD
  6. 9. Valens died in a battle in this city now called Edirne
  7. 11. Father of Titus, who built the Colosseum
  8. 14. the naval battle which Octavian beat Marc Antony in 31 BC
  9. 18. a kingdom in modern-day Ethiopia, believed to be the home of the Queen of Sheba
  10. 19. the Yellow ____ Rebellion, a peasant uprising against the Han Dynasty
  11. 20. a namesake of letters and a period during Akhenaten’s rule