Across
- 4. Wealthy, landowning upper class of Rome
- 6. System of government where people elect representatives
- 8. Led Rome into Pax Romana
- 10. Person who spreads a religious message
- 11. Common people of Rome, including farmers and merchants
- 13. Roman structure built to carry water into cities
- 15. Belief in eternal life with God
- 16. Monetary reasons for the decline of Rome
Down
- 1. Sea Large body of water that was central to Roman trade and expansion
- 2. A general from Carthage who led elephants across the Alps to fight Rome
- 3. 12 Early followers of Jesus who spreads Christianity
- 5. Believed to be the Messiah by Christians
- 7. Wars A series of wars between Rome and Carthage
- 9. Roman governing body made up of 300 aristocrats
- 12. Roman general who defeated Carthage in the Second Punic War
- 14. 200-year period of peace and prosperity in Rome