Greece and Rome

3. A form of government in which selected individuals vote
8. Crassus, Pompey and Caesar made up this ruling system
11. Father of the Greek pantheon of gods
12. The Romans and Carthaginians fought in the ___ Wars
13. Greek soldiers
16. A Greek sporting event that mimicked war
17. The high, fortified part of the city; religious practices happened there too
20. The official decree that gave religious freedom to Christians in Rome
21. To imitate the Greeks
28. Rule by voting
29. The Greek polis that focused on war and military might
31. The Greek polis that focused on democracy and education
32. The first Christian emperor of Rome
33. The temple at the Athenian acropolis

1. The first official Roman emperor
2. The emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire
4. Term for Greek city-states
5. The leader of a slave revolt in ancient Rome
6. The island where Greek culture originated, although the people were not Greek
7. A 200ish year period of relative peace throughout the Roman Empire
9. How Nero died
10. The meeting place and marketplace in Greece
14. Roman officials with legal powers
15. Where a Greek army of about 7,000, led by about 300 Spartans, held Persia for two days
18. Rule by a few
19. Roman art copied ___ art
22. Greek leader who created council of 500 who voted for laws
23. A battle at which the Athenians defeated the Persians; a messenger died after running home to declare victory
24. The first Greek city-state; people focused on war
25. Because of mountains, Greek city-states developed in ___
26. Greek leaders who took control from aristocrats by force
27. Plato’s ___ allegory explained how he believed people understand the world
30. The Macedonian king who took over and united Greece after the Peloponnesian War