Ancient Rome

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Capital and largest city of Italy (4)
  2. 6. A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch (8)
  3. 9. A conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley (plural) (9)
  4. 11. Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC (8)
  5. 13. General who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War (8)
  6. 14. Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC (8)
  7. 16. A port city in southern England on the English Channel (6)

Down

  1. 1. The twin brother of Romulus (5)
  2. 2. A periodic count of the population (6)
  3. 4. Founder of Rome (7)
  4. 5. Central figure of Christianity, born in Bethlehem (5)
  5. 7. Beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt (9)
  6. 8. A person who behaves in a tyrannical manner (8)
  7. 10. A Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (6)
  8. 12. The upper house of the United States Congress (6)
  9. 15. A vote that blocks a decision (4)