Roman Empire

4. a Roman general and politician who named himself dictator of the Roman Empire
8. the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time
9. a military organization, originally the largest permanent organization in the armies of ancient Rome.
10. the first emperor of ancient Rome.
12. the governing and advisory council that proved to be the most permanent element in the Roman constitution.
13. Punic Wars, also called Carthaginian Wars, (264–146 bce), a series of three wars between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian
14. “new city” or “new town.”
16. all free Roman citizens who were not members of the patrician, senatorial or equestrian classes.

1. a political institution ruled or dominated by three individuals
2. period from 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E. in the Roman Empire
3. a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War
5. either of two chief officials of the ancient Roman republic who were elected each year
6. a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people
7. a pipe or passage used for carrying water from a distance.
11. comes from the Latin “patres”, meaning “fathers”
15. form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body.