Across
- 2. __ Roman dictator who gave up power and returned to farming
- 6. __ Group of Roman officials who advised leaders
- 8. Wars __ Series of wars fought between Rome and Carthage
- 10. __ Peninsula where Rome was located
- 12. __ River Rome was built near
- 14. __ City that became the center of a powerful ancient civilization
- 17. __ Structure used to carry water to Roman cities
- 19. __ Organized groups of Roman soldiers
- 21. __ Legendary founder who gave Rome its name
- 23. __ Wealthy nobles who held power in early Rome
- 25. __ Power to stop a law from being passed
- 26. __ Emperor who divided the Roman Empire
Down
- 1. __ System that prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful
- 3. __ Roman legal system that influenced modern laws
- 4. __ Areas of land controlled by Rome outside Italy
- 5. __ Common people of Roman society
- 7. __ Form of government ruled by an emperor
- 9. __ Ruler with almost absolute power for a limited time
- 11. __ Trojan hero Romans believed was their ancestor
- 13. Caesar __ Roman leader who became dictator and was assassinated
- 15. __ Type of government created by Romans in 509 BC
- 16. __ Hun leader who attacked Roman territory
- 18. __ Rome’s first emperor
- 20. __ Center of Roman political, social, and economic life
- 22. __ Rome’s rival city during the Punic Wars
- 23. Romana __ Period of peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire
- 24. __ Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps
- 27. __ Two leaders elected to run the Roman Republic