Bread and Circuses
Complete the crossword, then click on "Check" to check your answer. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number.
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1. | One lap of a chariot race | 2. | Racing companies that furnished the teams of horses and drivers for the chariot races. | 5. | The smallest circus in ancient Rome | 8. | The item used to signal the start of the race | 10. | Goal posts at each end of the dividing wall in a Roman circus | 11. | The meaning of the word circus | 14. | Up to the time of Domitian, the number of chariots that could race at one time in the Circus. | 15. | Starting gates in the Roman circus. | 16. | Up to the time of Julius Caesar, the number of chariot races run in a single day. | 17. | The number of laps in a single chariot race |
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1. | Emperor who erected an obelisk over 200 feet high in the Circus. | 2. | Second circus built in Rome. | 3. | The dividing wall in a circus | 4. | The emperor who separated men and women in the Circus | 6. | Devices used to count laps in the circus. | 7. | Name given to the Roman circus's towers and gates because they looked like a walled town. | 8. | The circus located just outside of Rome on the Appian Way. | 9. | The finish line in a chariot race. | 12. | A row of seats in the circus. | 13. | One of the two hills between which the Circus Maximus was constructed. |
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