Roman Civilization Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• barter : exchange goods without using money
• saints : christian holy people
• mosaics : pictures made from many bits of colored glass or stone.
• diocletian : a general who became emperor in a.d 284
• alaric : the visigoth leader who captured rome itself.
• satires : poems that poked fun at human weaknesses
• justinian : became emperor of the byzantine empire in a.d.527 and ruled until a.d. 565
• paterfamilias : father of the family
• constantine : became emperor in a.d. 312
• theodosius : an emperor who gained control and ended the fighting in a.d. 337
• reforms : political changes to make things better
• theodora : justinan's wife the empress who helped him run the roman empire
• inflation : rapidly increasing prices
• vault : curved ceiling
• gladiators : fought animals and each other
• galen : greek doctor
• regent : a person who stands in for a ruler who is too young or too ill to govern
• anatomy : the study of body structure
• odes : poems that express strong emotions about life
• black sea : inland sea between southeastern europe and asia minor
• virgil : a roman writer
• spartacus : a gladiator
• horace : a poet