Ancient Times

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The capital and largest city of Greece (6)
  2. 4. A barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea (4)
  3. 5. A ___ consisting of a sovereign ___ (9)
  4. 10. A large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80 (9)
  5. 11. An authoritative person who divines the future (6)
  6. 12. A traditional story accepted as history (4)

Down

  1. 1. A fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae (4)
  2. 3. In ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it (6)
  3. 4. Government in which people vote for their leaders (9)
  4. 6. French playwright (6)
  5. 7. A conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley (plural) (9)
  6. 8. The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation (8)
  7. 9. The state of being under the control of another person (7)