Rome: Monarchy to Republic

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Across
  1. 1. Male head of Roman household.
  2. 8. Villanovan civilization that influenced Roman engineering.
  3. 9. Last Etruscan king; banished
  4. 10. Families descended from a common ancestor.
  5. 12. Source of Roman history; wrote Ab Urbe Condita
  6. 13. "Of the people"
  7. 15. Early Latin settlement.
  8. 16. Written laws placed in forum.
  9. 17. Wooden platform; allowed Roman soldiers to board enemy ships.
  10. 18. Ladder of office finalized by Sulla.
  11. 22. People's party; supported reforms
  12. 23. Gracchus brother who stabilized price of grain.
  13. 25. "Barbarians"; people from modern-day France.
  14. 27. Rome's earliest public document; stone obelisk found in the Forum.
  15. 28. Eight magistrates who oversaw the courts.
  16. 29. Large farming estate; seized land awarded to wealthy families after Punic Wars.
Down
  1. 2. Mountains that form a "spine" down the Italian peninsula.
  2. 3. Mountains that form barrier between Romans and the rest of Europe.
  3. 4. Wealthy landowners; ruling class
  4. 5. Crossed the Alphs with elephants.
  5. 6. City in northern Africa that fought the Romans.
  6. 7. Artistocrats' party; supported status quo.
  7. 11. Roman elite that emerged after the Struggle of Orders.
  8. 14. "Our Sea"
  9. 19. One of the twin brothers; legendary founder of Rome
  10. 20. Fortified Latin settlement on Palatine.
  11. 21. From "senex" meaning old man; originally had 300 members
  12. 24. Absolute power
  13. 26. Bodyguard; carried fasces
  14. 28. Poor farmers; few rights