Ancient Rome

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Central figure of Christianity, born in Bethlehem (5)
  2. 4. Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan (7)
  3. 7. A periodic count of the population (6)
  4. 8. The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation (8)
  5. 9. A vote that blocks a decision (4)
  6. 10. Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity (8)
  7. 11. A person of refined upbringing and manners (9)
  8. 13. An ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks (9)
  9. 14. The collective body of ___ throughout the world and history (12)

Down

  1. 2. The male ruler of an empire (7)
  2. 3. A diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in (6)
  3. 5. A conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley (8)
  4. 6. Country house in ancient Rome consisting of residential quarters and farm buildings around (5)
  5. 7. Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official (11)
  6. 10. A travelling company of entertainers (6)
  7. 12. A curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening (4)