Ancient Rome Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Father of the church
  2. 5. An official elected by the plebeians to protect their interests\
  3. 7. Belief said to be contrary to official church teachings
  4. 8. Was an Roman emperor who was considered one of the good emperors and codified Roman law
  5. 12. Leader or teacher of a new path or movement
  6. 13. 1st Roman emperor of new established Roman Empire
  7. 17. The capital of the eastern Roman Empire
  8. 19. A Roman Plebeian who elected tribune in 133 who proposed reforms
  9. 20. Caesar Ambitious military commander that conquested Gual
  10. 21. Soldiers serving in a foreign army for pay
  11. 22. Bridge-like stone structures that carried water from hills into Roman cities
  12. 23. Member of land-holding upper class
  13. 24. System of government in which officials are chosen by the people
  14. 26. Make fun of
  15. 27. Huge estates bought up by newly wealthy Roman cities
Down
  1. 1. Poet who wrote the Aeneid
  2. 2. Block a government action
  3. 3. Member of the class that included farmers, merchants, artisans, and traders
  4. 4. Domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region
  5. 6. Pictures made from chips of colored stone
  6. 9. Ruler who has complete control over the government
  7. 10. A disciple of Jesus who spread Christianity
  8. 11. Astronomer who proposed the earth was the center of the universe
  9. 14. The first Roman Emperor to become a Christian
  10. 15. An official from the patrician class who supervised the government and commanded the armies
  11. 16. Roman general who became emperor and divided the empire into east and west
  12. 18. People who inhabited early Italy
  13. 25. Basic unit of the ancient Roman army, made up of about 5000 soldier