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| one of two highest officials in the Republic |
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| soothsayers (prophets) who studied the flight of birds |
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| SPQR (Senatus Populusque Romanus) |
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| official initials of the Roman Republuc |
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| land of the Etruscan people |
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| people who unwillingly provided women to the early Roman settlers |
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| Etruscan king who established the Roman Senate |
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| river that runs through Rome |
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| founded early colonies in Italy before the Romans |
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| Augustus's banished daughter |
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| poet banished by Augustus for his erotic poetry |
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| Roman who organized the overthrow of the Etruscan Kingdom |
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| highly civilized people in n. Italy before the Romans |
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| school of philosophy that prized valor and self-sacrifice |
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| last of the Etruscan kings |
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| Latin for "republic": "the public thing" |
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| Etruscan ___ were the origin of gladiatorial games. |
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| virtuous Roman woman violated by Etruscans |
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| Rome's greatest architectural feat |
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| These people sacked Rome in the early days (386 B.C.). |
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| Roman historian who wrote of its early days |
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| Roman emperor humliated by the Persians in 260 A.D. |
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| Rome's great opponent in the Punic Wars |
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| small river separating Italy from Gaul, crossed by Julius Caesar |
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| reformed the Roman army around 100 B.C., creating professional soldiers |
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| Battle of __: terrible Roman defeat in the 2nd Punic War |
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| the terribly punishment for cowardice in battle |
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| farmer turned dictator then farmer again |
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| first general to seize power in Rome backed by his troops |
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| emperor who built a wall separating Roman Britain from Scotland |
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| great Roman general and Julius Caesar's #1 opponent |
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| emperor who added Dacia (Romania) to the Empire, its last conquest |
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| Jewish fortress on the Dead Sea |
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| Gallic freedom fighter defeated by Julius Caesar |
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| emperor who added Britain to the Empire in the 40s A.D. |
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| great victory of Julius Caesar, final battle with the Gauls |
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| Roman general who won the 2nd Punic War |
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| battle where Hannibal was defeated by the Romans, ending 2nd Punic War |
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| island won by Rome in 1st Punic War |
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| leader of Carthage in 2nd Punic War |
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| expression meaning "this side of the Alps" |
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