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Across
  1. 5. to want
  2. 6. myth inspiring Romeo and Juliet and acted in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  3. 8. done by free choice
  4. 10. kind/well-meaning
  5. 13. to fly
  6. 14. Flavian amphitheater completed in 80 CE by Emperor Titus holding 40,000-50,000 spectators
  7. 16. to fight/kill
  8. 19. Ovid work about transformations
  9. 21. disease affecting all people/areas
  10. 22. after the fact; prosecuting someone for a law made later
  11. 23. blood red/joyful/blood thirsty; from sanguis meaning blood and the four humors theory
  12. 25. bread and circuses
  13. 28. evil/harmful
  14. 30. heavily armored gladiator with limited vision helmet
  15. 31. Quid non sentit amor? “What does love not notice?”
  16. 33. circuses; entertainment to distract the public
  17. 35. philosopher who said the quote about Socrates
  18. 39. Socrates putabat se totius mundi incolam civemque esse; he thought he was a citizen of the whole world
  19. 40. relating to all Slavic peoples
  20. 42. cure-all; pan meaning all and acea meaning cure
  21. 43. Latin construction using accusative plus infinitive
  22. 44. sport where the ball flies back and forth
Down
  1. 1. offensive/disgusting
  2. 2. unstable/quick to change
  3. 3. Roman satirist who coined “bread and circuses”
  4. 4. secretive/in secret
  5. 7. under the rose; in secret
  6. 9. founder/lawgiver of Sparta
  7. 11. staged naval battles
  8. 12. act of choosing/willpower
  9. 15. Ovid work about festivals and holidays
  10. 17. secretive
  11. 18. Quot homines, tot sententiae; Rome’s greatest orator and Pater Patriae
  12. 20. public killings/criminal punishments
  13. 23. Greek city-state known for asceticism and military training
  14. 24. fighters in Roman arenas
  15. 26. drama about drama/self-referential theater
  16. 27. relating to all Greeks
  17. 29. eager to fight
  18. 32. attracted regardless of gender
  19. 34. boxer/fighter
  20. 36. person offering services willingly
  21. 37. all of the gods
  22. 38. gladiator fighting with two swords
  23. 41. animal combat spectacles