Chapter 1: Ranger in Time - Danger in Ancient Rome

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Across
  1. 2. __________ is the name of the writer who said, "Defeat in battle always begins with the eyes."
  2. 7. Marcus's parents died in a _________.
  3. 8. Quintas is a __________ which means he is a free man who signed up to be gladiator, rather than a slave who was forced to fight.
  4. 9. The name of the gladiator school is _______________ (two words, NO space between them).
  5. 12. Gladiators use swords made of ___________ to practice and train, especially when they were young.
  6. 13. Marcus's full name is Marcus ___________.
  7. 14. Marcus needs to be ____________ years old to become a gladiator himself.
Down
  1. 1. Marcus calls his gladiator family __________ (two words, NO space between them).
  2. 3. Marcus is ___________ years old.
  3. 4. The new recruit is named ___________ Flavius.
  4. 5. Some volunteers bind themselves to gladiator school hoping to buy ___________ for a friend or family member who was enslaved.
  5. 6. Marcus was sold to Villius as a slave, to pay off his father's _______.
  6. 10. Marcus spreads ___________ on the floor as a bed for the new gladiator who will share his cell.
  7. 11. The emperor's fire brigade passes __________ from hand to hand, trying to put out the flames.