Chariot Racing

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Across
  1. 1. The white company was known as this.
  2. 4. The green company was known as this.
  3. 5. Quomodo dicitur "Emperor"?
  4. 6. Quomodo dicitur "race track"?
  5. 8. Which venue held chariot racing?
  6. 12. Dropping the white cloth, or ___ in Latin was the signal for a race to start.
  7. 16. How many spectators could the Circus Maximus hold? *spell out your answer
  8. 17. How many companies were there to sponsor Charioteers?
  9. 18. Quomodo dicitur "celebrating a holiday"?
  10. 19. Quomodo dicitur "holidays"?
  11. 20. This was the barrier running down the center of the race track of the Circus Maximus.
  12. 22. The Circus Maximus was located between the Palatine and the ___ hills.
Down
  1. 2. Quomodo dicitur "chariot races"?
  2. 3. Quodmodo dicitur "chariots"?
  3. 7. The Circus Maximus was a huge open-air ___ in ancient Rome.
  4. 9. The red company was known as this.
  5. 10. Quomodo dicitur "signal"?
  6. 11. Quomodo dicitur "companies"?
  7. 13. ___ was permitted, meaning chariot drivers could cheat. This caused frequent collisions.
  8. 14. How many horses pulled a chariot?
  9. 15. The blue company was known as this.
  10. 20. How many laps did the chariot drivers have to complete?
  11. 21. These were the turning posts on the race track.