the roman empire

5. a system of pipes, water channels, and trenches that directed fresh water into the Roman cities.
7. a military organization, originally the largest permanent organization in the armies of ancient Rome
8. a group of three people working together, especially in leadership roles of some kind.
10. all free Roman citizens who were not members of the patrician, senatorial or equestrian classes
11. a group of wealthy, land-owning families that made up the political, religious, and military leadership of Rome
12. first emperor of ancient Rome
13. 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
15. a series of three wars between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian (Punic) empire,
16. Carthaginian general during the Second Punic War between Carthage and Rome

1. an ancient Phoenician city located on the northern coast of Africa
2. the highest and constituting assembly of ancient Rome
3. golden age of increased and sustained Roman imperialism, relative peace and order, prosperous stability, hegemonic power, and regional expansion.
4. Roman general and statesman
6. a leader and protector of the people
9. the highest elected public official of the Roman Republic
14. A general, sustained upward movement of prices for goods and services in an economy