Across
- 3. one of Rome's most famous Senators and orators
- 4. Rome's law making body; made up of the patrician class
- 8. the Phoenician city of North Africa that fought three wars with Rome in the Punic Wars
- 9. these people kicked off a chain reaction that led to the military collapse of Rome
- 12. the term for the "blending of Greek and Eastern cultures"
- 13. the first "emperor" of Roman history
- 14. these peoples were most responsible for the fall of Rome in a military sense
- 15. the kingdom to the north of Greece that conquered it... and the Persian world
- 16. Mediterranean philosophy of self-discipline, virtue, and control
- 17. the dictator of Rome (briefly) that essentially ended true Republican government
- 18. a Greek city-state
- 20. Macedonian who conquered the Persian Empire in 331 BC
- 21. the religion of the Persian Empire
Down
- 1. this Roman emperor is most like the Indian emperor Ashoka
- 2. the Mediterranean is significant for its introduction of the "_____" rather than "subject"
- 5. this aspect of Roman legacy impacted our concept of "innocent until proven guilty"
- 6. this religion developed in the 1st century AD and spread during Rome's final centuries
- 7. Athenian leader of Athens during much of the Peloponnesian War
- 10. the 27 year long civil war between Sparta, Athens, and their respective allies
- 11. this mighty Middle East empire fought (and lost) two wars with the Greeks
- 19. "great" king of the Persians...created the empire