Roman Terms Crossword Puzzle

2. a Roman war machine that could hurl stones up to .5km to break brick and wood walls
5. the Roman term for “our sea”
6. claimed to be Caesar’s heir; Octavian gave him his sister, but this man dumped her for Cleopatra
7. a series of wars in which Romans beat the Carthage and killed their commander Hannibal
8. a person who was put in charge of a city with absolute power, usually by force
9. a nation that went into 3 wars with the Romans, called the Punic Wars
10. a severe Roman punishment, Jesus went through this when he died
12. means the oldest male of the family dominates; “father of the family”
16. most notably known as a great Roman military and political leader; his last name is a salad dressing
18. a Roman innovation of combining two smaller theaters into one, massive _________
19. The Carthaginian war commander who Rome killed in the Punic Wars
20. Latin root of "emperor"

1. one of the most important Roman roads ever built; it connected the entire Italian peninsula
3. a district of a larger power with a military and civilian governor
4. Rome's first religion, although not recognized until late 4th century CE
11. heavily armored (usually slaves and was prisoners) who fought to the death for public amusement
13. a volcano whose ash fell on a Roman city and preserved a city perfectly
14. the original rulers of the Italian peninsula, Rome overthrew them after they drove the Gauls out of Italy
15. the official language of Rome
17. a Roman philosopher who wielded enormous power in the old Roman republic