Gladiators and Games

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Across
  1. 2. Chariot races were organised by four teams: The Reds, Whites, G_______ and Blues
  2. 4. Roman's admired gladiators for their strength, b______ and skill
  3. 6. The name of the cart that horses pulled around a racetrack
  4. 8. This was the largest Roman ampitheatre in the Roman Empire
  5. 9. Chariots ran s_______ times around the racetrack
  6. 12. Prisoners and beasts would be kept in t_______ under the Colosseum
  7. 13. The name of a Gladiator's sword
Down
  1. 1. The name of a large fork used in Gladiator fights
  2. 3. The famous racetrack in Rome was called the Circus M____________
  3. 5. Gladiators were either prisoners-of-war or c__________
  4. 6. Roman racetracks were called "c________"
  5. 7. Gladiators sometimes fought wild b______
  6. 10. Gladiators sometimes used a n_____ to trap their opponent
  7. 11. Charioteers carried a "f______" to cut themselves free from their wrecked chariot
  8. 13. These protected the legs of gladiators