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- 2. Law code of the Roman Republic
- 4. Famous Phrase "All ____ Lead to Rome"
- 5. Peter and ______ were apostles who helped spread early christianity
- 8. Arena used for gladiator combat and public events
- 11. Built by Justinian, the largest Church in Constantinople
- 13. Name for a person who dies for their beliefs
- 15. Egyptian queen who had affairs with both Julius Caesar and Marc Antony
- 19. Emperor who divided the Empire into halves
- 20. Famous temple in Rome with a massive concrete dome
- 21. The famous Roman general who conquered Gaul and became dictator for life
- 23. Famous Byzantine emperor who kept the Roman law code preserved
- 24. Name for lower class commoners
- 26. Roman emperor who persecuted the Christians
- 29. Terrifying Asian group that caused the Germanic barbarians to flee across the borders into Rome
- 30. Name for slaves or soldiers that fought in the Colosseum
- 33. A early sect of Judaism that would eventually become the religion of Rome
- 35. The representative style Government of Rome for the first 500 years
- 36. The founder of Christianity
- 37. Fought against Rome during the Punic Wars for control of the Mediterranean
- 38. The first Romans were ruled by these kings
- 39. Augustus Caesar's birth name
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- 1. Name for wealthy upper class
- 2. Byzantine empress married to Justinian
- 3. New capital city of the Byzantine Empire connected to rich trade routes
- 6. Another famous roman architectural feature
- 7. The name for the Eastern Roman Empire
- 9. Name for the a Roman army
- 10. Latin for "Roman Peace"; golden age lasted 200 years
- 12. Designed to bring fresh water into Roman cities
- 14. Famous general from Carthage who almost defeated Rome
- 16. Official Roman language
- 17. Famous roman architectural feature
- 18. Top position of the Roman government, two served at a time
- 22. Latin word for sand spread of the floor of the Coliseum
- 25. Germanic tribes that invaded at the end of the Roman Empire
- 27. Emperor who made Christianity the official religion of Rome
- 28. Emperor who ended Christian persecution
- 31. First emperor of Rome
- 32. River along which Rome was founded
- 34. Roman religion and mythology was copied mostly from the ___
