Across
1. Which social class often ate at “fast-food” shops?
2. French and Spanish are both based on what language?
3. At a ______, a jury decided who was guilty.
4. What is an important architectural feature used in Roman construction?
6. Patricians were wealthy ______families.
7. What were patricians houses built of?
8. Which social class often ate exotic foods like parrots and jellyfish?
9. A mosaic is a ______made of small pieces of glass or colored stone.
12. The poor often lived in cramped ______in large cities.
14. In a democracy, who has certain rights and responsibilities?
15. The Consuls were responsible for leading the ______.
17. This feat of ______allowed roads to be created to link the empire.
18. Roman (and American) artists liked to create lifelike ______of important people.
20. The ______demanded that the laws be written down so that the Patricians could not change the laws whenever they wished.
24. The central gathering place in Rome was the ______.
25. Latin prefixes and roots strongly impacted what language?
26. What was one of the only jobs that a girl would go to school for?
28. Both the US and Rome are ______because citizens elect representatives to make laws.
30. Soldiers protected the ______of the Roman Empire.
33. What event was the first to force to Patricians to compromise and give up some of their power?
37. A free, non-patrician with Rome was called what (they were typically laborers, peasants and other meaningless people).
38. If you were captured in war you would become a ______.
39. What was thrown into the family fire to honor Vesta?
Down
1. A man became the ______when his father died.
5. What Roman emperor moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium?
10. Poor communication made it difficult to ______the Empire.
11. What was given to the poor to stop them from rebelling?
13. Tribunes came into power through ______.
14. Where would Romans be entertained with gladiator games?
16. Plebeians were upset when the ______was first set up because they had no say in the government.
19. Patricians set up which Roman government?
21. Private armies were often used to select the next ______.
22. How long would a Senator serve in the Republic?
23. Rich landowners in the countryside (and the workforce of ______) forced small farmers to move to the cities for work.
27. What carried water to the cities?
29. In 330 CE the capital of the Empire was moved to what city?
31. Who could accuse someone of a crime in Rome?
32. What job was only way for Plebeians to serve the Republic in it’s early days?
33. Where did Romans to go watch fierce chariot races?
34. What group of elected officials had to power to veto Senate laws?
35. Germanic invasions in 476 CE led to the ______.
36. An example of an economic cause of the fall of Rome would be ______, many poor people and declining trade.
42 of 42 words were placed into the puzzle.
Word Bank (No Spaces!)
Anyone
Apartments
Aqueducts
Arch
Army
Borders
Bread And Circuses
Byzantium
Cake
Circus Maximus
Citizens
Colosseum
Conflict Of The Orders
Constantine
Defend
Elections
Emperor
Engineering
English
Fall Of Rome
Forum
High Taxes
Landowning
Latin
Life
Midwife
Paterfamilias
Picture
Plebeian
Poor
Republic
Republics
Rich
Roman Republic
Slave
Slaves
Soldier
Statues
Stone
Trial
Tribune
Twelve Tables
Rome Unit Crossword (Part II - Vocab)
Across
5. In the Roman Republic, a member of the upper, ruling class
6. A large Roman stadium primarily used for chariot races.
7. A picture made up of small pieces of tile, glass, or colored stone.
10. To refuse to approve proposals of government
12. a 200-year period of peace and stability established and maintained
13. A group of 300 men elected to govern Rome
14. A type of government in which leaders are elected
16. - a mural painted with water-based paint on damp plaster
17. - "fast food" places that served prepared food
Down
1. A large arena in Rome where gladiator contests and other games and sporting events were held.
2. - a long underground water trench
3. The city on the eastern edge of Europe, which Constantine made the capital of the Roman Empire in 330 C.E.
4. The political leader of a territory containing several countries or groups of people
8. A pipe or raised channel built to carry water over a long distance.
9. One of two chief leaders in Rome
11. A person trained to fight for public entertainment
12. In the Roman Republic, one of the common people
14. To make change in order to bring about improvement (Caesar’s reforms)
15. Roman public square
19 of 19 words were placed into the puzzle.
Word Bank (No Spaces!)
Aqueduct
Circus Maximus
Colosseum
Constantinople
Consul
Cuniculus
Emperor
Forum
Fresco
Gladiator
Mosaic
Patricians
Pax Romana
Plebeians
Reform
Republic
Senate
Thermopolia
Veto