Rome Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Government run by elected leaders.
  2. 4. Rome’s upper-class citizens.
  3. 5. Elected officials in Rome.
  4. 7. Romana Rome’s 200-year period of peace and prosperity.
  5. 8. River River where Rome was built.
  6. 9. The power to stop a law.
  7. 10. A ruler with total power.
  8. 13. Assembly Group that protected plebeian rights.
  9. 14. Two elected leaders of Rome.
  10. 15. Empire A time when Rome was ruled by emperors.
  11. 16. Wars Wars between Rome and Carthage.
  12. 17. Rome’s lower-class citizens.
Down
  1. 1. Caesar General who overthrew the Roman Republic.
  2. 3. Raised tunnels that carried water to Roman cities.
  3. 6. Captives forced to fight for entertainment.
  4. 11. Octavian “Augustus” Caesar’s adopted son and Rome’s next emperor.
  5. 12. Senate Upper-class Romans who advised leaders.
  6. 14. and Balances A system that prevents one group from becoming too powerful.