Part of Rome's founding lore is that it was built on seven what?

Described in Pliny the Younger's eyewitness account, what natural disaster is believed to have occurred on August 24, 79 CE?

Lasting over a century, the Punic Wars saw Rome battling which Phoenician city located in modern-day Tunisia?

Still seen on ancient ruins around Rome, the symbol 'SPQR' represents a Latin phrase which translates to "The what and the People of Rome"?

Before it became a Republic, Rome was governed by Kings, the last of whom was nicknamed Tarquin the what?

It now refers to any autocratic leader with complete power. In Ancient Rome, it referred to a chief magistrate appointed in emergencies and given absolute authority.

(8 letters)

In Ancient Rome, this term referred to a marketplace or public square. Now you can see (and post in) them everywhere on the internet.

(5 letters)

You might describe your own small victories using this word but for the Romans, it was a military parade usually paired with sacrificial offerings and a public feast to celebrate their success.

(7 letters)

It’s now expanded its meaning, but in Ancient Rome it was a form of military discipline in which every tenth person in a group was executed by members of their cohort.

(8 letters)

You might use this word when passing the point of no return. The point? It’s a river that Caesar crossed.

(7 letters)

Legion, Century, Contubernium

Virgil, Ovid, Horace

Epicureanism, Neoplatonism, Skepticism

Frigidarium, tepidarium, caldarium

Patricians, Plebeians, Liberti

According to an iconic quote from the 2000 film Gladiator, Russell Crowe’s character Maximus is General of what?

The Rise of Rome was a 1998 expansion pack for which 1997 real-time strategy video game?

Which band sang the lyrics “Julius Caesar, and the Roman Empire, couldn’t conquer the blue sky” in a 1991 hit from their album Woodface?

In the TV series Succession, Logan Roy frequently calls his son Roman what name in reference to the founder and first king of Rome?

When asked “How often do you think about the Roman Empire?” in the wake of an internet trend, which British comedian, actor and known history buff said “If I'm honest, probably a couple of times a day.”?

Stretching 73 miles from coast to coast, Hadrian’s Wall located in this country was built to guard the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire.

Baalbek, called Heliopolis during the Roman Empire, is located in this country whose flag features a green cedar tree.

One of the oldest Greek settlements in the world, the city of Ephesus in this modern-day country would later be the provincial seat of Roman government in Asia.

One of the best surviving examples of the grid plan used by Ancient Roman city planners, the city of Timgad in this country is also nicknamed the “African Pompeii”.

Built in first century CE, the Pont du Gard is one of the best preserved Roman aqueduct bridges, crossing the river Gardon in the southern region of this European country.

Athena, goddess of wisdom.
(M)

Hera, goddess of marriage.
(J)

Artemis, goddess of the hunt.
(D)

Demeter, goddess of the harvest.
(C)

Hestia, goddess of the hearth.
(V)