Letter
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Hint
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Answer
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A
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A system of pipes and channels which brings clean water into towns.
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Aqueduct
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B
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A person who lived outside the Roman Empire, seen as having a violent nature.
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Barbarian
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C
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Commanded a century of around 80 legionaries.
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Centurion
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D
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A magistrate elected during the republic in an emergency.
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Dictator
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E
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The first ____ of Rome was Augustus.
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Emperor
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F
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Open space in the middle of a town for markets and meeting people.
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Forum
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G
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A slave trained to fight other gladiators or animals in amphitheatres.
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Gladiator
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H
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Roman central heating.
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Hypocaust
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I
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The power to command, assigned for a fixed period to magistrates of a certain rank.
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Imperium
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J
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The chief Roman god, equivalent to the Greek god Zeus.
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Jupiter
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K
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Three set days in every month.
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Kaleds
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L
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The language spoken and written by the Romans.
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Latin
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M
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A pattern made from coloured pieces of stones and pottery.
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Mosaic
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N
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He is one of the most notorious emperors of Rome.
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Nero
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O
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A talented public speaker.
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Orator
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P
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A common person or person not of the patrician class.
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Plebeian
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Q
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An official of the Roman government who supervised various financial affairs.
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Quaestor
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R
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The art of public speaking used to inform, motivate, or persuade an audience.
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Rhetoric
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S
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A person elected to be part of the government.
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Senator
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T
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An elected representative of the Plebeian Council who could veto laws.
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Tribune
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U
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A gloomy place where Romans believed your soul went after you died.
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Underworld
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V
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A member of the western group of Goths who sacked Rome.
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Visigoth
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W
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Remus and his brother Romulus were suckled and saved by a...
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Wolf
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X
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Group of Celtic gods linked to the worship of Mars.
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Xulsigiae
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Z
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Where the Roman army defeated the Carthaginian army in 202 B.C.
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Zama
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