| TULLY | Former English name for the Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer and orator Cicero |
| CICERO | Roman statesman, lawyer and orator whose name is derived from the Latin for "chickpea" (6) |
| ENTOMOLOGY | Branch of zoology that studies insects, with the Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder writing one of the first books on the subject (10) |
| OTEMPORAOMORES | Some poem confused with orator Cicero's observation |
| LETTISH | (GKN) Former English name for the Baltic official language of Latvia, from German (7) |
| PEKING | The former English name for Beijing (6) |
| EBUR | Abbreviated name for the Roman garrison that later became the city of York (4) |
| JOVE | Alternative name for the Roman god Jupiter (4) |
| CHURCH | Another name for the Roman Catholic Church (6) |
| OFROME | Another name for the Roman Catholic Church (2,4) |
| TACITUS | Roman historian, politician and orator who wrote The Annals and The Histories (7) |
| AMOR | Another name for the Roman god Cupid |
| QUIRITIBUSQUE | Consul acting "pro populo Romano ____" (Livy 8.6), for the Roman people and the ancient citizens |
| TOUROFLOMBARDY | English name for the cycling race that is traditionally the last of the five 'Monuments' of the season (4,2,8) |
| TREVES | Former English name of a city on the Moselle, associated with Emperor Augustus, claimed to be Germany's oldest city (6) |
| NEPTUNE | Pen another tune for the Roman god of the ocean |
| MALESEX | The symbol for the Roman god Mars represents it |
| AURORA | Phenomenon named for the Roman goddess of the dawn but only visible at night |
| ORC | Fantasy baddie named for the Roman god of the underworld |
| FOEDERATI | Non-Roman troops bound by treaty to fight for the Roman empire (9) |
