Across
- 3. an account describing the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth
- 5. a member of a community or tribe not belonging to one of the great civilizations
- 8. the first successful Christian missionary in a country or to a people
- 9. one of the two annually elected chief magistrates who jointly ruled the republic
- 10. a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
- 15. a member of the lower social classes
- 16. 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
- 17. a principal administrative division of certain countries or empires
- 19. a temple dedicated to all the gods
- 20. the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church
Down
- 1. a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs
- 2. a unit of 3,000–6,000 men in the ancient Roman army
- 4. a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army
- 6. an official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests
- 7. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body
- 11. the peace that existed between nationalities within the Roman Empire
- 12. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch
- 13. a large landed estate or ranch in ancient Rome or more recently in Spain or Latin America, typically worked by slaves
- 14. the promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew Bible
- 15. an aristocrat or nobleman
- 18. the first successful Christian missionary in a country or to a people