History of Rome and their Enemies Crossword Puzzle

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• atillathehun : ruler of the huns from 434 to 453 ad, also the leader of the hunnic empire.
• mithridates : king of pontus and armenia minor in northern anatolia from 120 to 63 bc.
• gallic wars : a series of military campaigns executed by julius caesar against several gallic tribes which had lasted from 58 bc to 50 bc.
• jugurtha : king of numidia from 118 to 105 bc, who struggled to free his north african kingdom from roman rule.
• nero : roman emperor that burned down rome and blamed the evolving christians for it.
• hadrian : roman emperor from 117 to 138 ce, unified rome’s vast empire and was the third of the so-called five good emperors.
• third : _ punic war - one of the punic wars where rome attacked the city of carthage.
• hannibal : a punic military commander from carthage, considered one of the greatest military commanders in history.
• second : _ punic war - one of the punic wars in which hannibal, made a brave crossing of the alps to attack rome and northern italy.
• caligula : roman emperor known for being a member of the house of rulers known as the julio-claudian dynasty, and had been killed by cassius chaerea.
• claudius : roman emperor from 41 to 54 ad. know for being handicap and being a member of the julio-claudian dynasty, as well as conquering and colonizing britain.
• augustus : is considered the first roman emperor, and is the founder of the roman principate.
• dido : founder and first queen of carthage.
• hamilcar : the carthaginian general and statesman, and leader of the barcid family.
• titus : roman emperor from 79 to 81 ad; had succeeded his father upon his death, in which he became the first roman emperor to come to the throne after his own father.
• first : _ punic war - one of the punic wars that was fought mostly over the island of sicily, in which there was a lot of the fighting at sea.
• julius caesar : he was history's greatest generals and significant ruler of the roman empire. in 45 b.c he was named dictator of rome "for life".
• marcus aurelius : roman emperor from 161 to 180 ad, he was the last of the so-called five good emperors.
• trajan : roman emperor from 98 to 117 ad. officially declared by the senate optimus princeps or "the best ruler".
• nerva : roman emperor at the age of sixty-five, after a time of imperial service under nero and other rulers of the flavian dynasty.