Across
- 4. a Roman general and statesman
- 8. a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money
- 9. a unit of 3,000–6,000 men in the ancient Roman army
- 10. the first Roman emperor who brought peace (“Pax Romana”) to the Greco-Roman world
- 12. the state council of the ancient Roman republic and empire, which shared legislative power with the popular assemblies, administration with the magistrates, and judicial power with the knights
- 13. A series of three wars between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian (Punic) empire, resulting in the destruction of Carthage
- 14. an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis
- 16. the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census, or in other words "commoners"
Down
- 1. a group of three people who share power
- 2. a 200-year period that saw unprecedented peace and economic prosperity throughout the Empire
- 3. Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps and invaded Italy
- 5. one of the two annually elected chief magistrates who jointly ruled the republic
- 6. an official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests
- 7. an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap
- 11. an aristocrat or nobleman
- 15. form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body