Across
- 6. Huge farming estates
- 7. Plebeian official that protected their interests
- 9. Emperor that codified Roman law and had soldiers build a wall to hold back attackers
- 11. Bridge-like stone structures that carried water from hills to Roman cities
- 13. Beliefs said to be contrary to official church teachings
- 15. Emperor who divided the Empire into Western and Eastern Empires
- 16. Patricians that supervised the business of government and commanded armies
- 20. Pictures made from chips of colored stone
- 21. Form of government which people choose their officials
- 23. The 12 recruited disciples of Jesus
- 25. establishing control over foreign lands and people
- 26. Father of the church
- 28. A plebeian brother that was one of the first to attempt to reform
Down
- 1. Ruler who has complete control over a government
- 2. Members of landowning upper class
- 3. To make fun of
- 4. The capital at Byzantium located near the black sea
- 5. Foreign soldiers serving for pay
- 8. Octavian's given title meaning Exalted one
- 10. An ambitious military commander that conquered Gaul
- 12. Lived mostly north of Rome and their origins are unknown
- 14. Emperor who set a new capital in Byzantium
- 17. A jew from Asia Minor that that began the wider spread of new faith and Christianity
- 18. The author of the epic poem The Aeneid
- 19. An astronomer-mathematician
- 22. A basic military unit
- 24. To block
- 27. The farmers, merchants, and artisans