Rome & Greece

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Across
  1. 3. Island SW of Greek mainland
  2. 4. took charge of North Africa
  3. 6. Greek physician who formed the basis of Roman medical science
  4. 8. Egyptian astronomer who formed the foundation of Rome's astronomy; prediction of planet motions
  5. 9. leader whose word was law and could overrule the consuls
  6. 11. marketplace
  7. 14. wealthiest Mediterranean city
  8. 16. successors of the Minoans on Crete
  9. 17. judges
  10. 20. wrote Metamorphoses (verses based on Greek mythology)
  11. 21. Roman soldiers
  12. 23. Did Greek women have any political or legal rights?
  13. 24. description of Greek climate
  14. 25. Rome's official language
  15. 27. richest man in Rome
  16. 30. kind of weapon that the Dorians had \
  17. 31. keepers of tax and population records
  18. 32. sport that the Minoans enjoyed
Down
  1. 1. chief god of Greeks
  2. 2. basic unit of Roman society
  3. 3. permanent military settlements
  4. 5. Latin word for "I forbid"
  5. 7. singing storytellers, Homer was one
  6. 8. military strategy that was deemed too large and slow so Romans abandoned it
  7. 10. group of 3 persons with equal power
  8. 12. who wrote about the shortness of life and rewards of companionship in Odes
  9. 13. reason for the big dispute between Antony and Octavian
  10. 14. new building material that the Romans used to construct the Pantheon
  11. 15. archaeologists who discovered Troy
  12. 18. Rome's harbor where trade took place
  13. 19. large amphitheater built in Rome around A.D. 70; site of contests and combats between people and animals
  14. 21. huge estates operated by slave labor that flourished in parts of the Roman Empire
  15. 22. Romans adopted many deities from this society
  16. 26. advised the consuls, debated foreign policy, proposed laws, and approved contracts for constructing roads, temples, and defenses
  17. 28. Minoan palace
  18. 29. what the Romans called the Carthaginians