| TIVOLI | Hadrian's Villa, built in the 2nd century CE at this Italian city, is considered the epitome in architecture of the opulence and elegance of the Roman world. The villa, also known as Villa Adriana, wa |
| CHURCHILLBARRIERS | Concrete causeways, built in the Second World War, linking mainland Orkney with Burray and South Ronaldsay |
| ADONIS | Which of Myrrha's sons was considered the epitome of beauty? (6) |
| TEXTBOOKEXAMPLE | Epitome in a tome? |
| ANVIL | Roman villa built round blacksmith's gear (5) |
| ANZIO | Thousands of Allied troops stormed ashore at this Italian port just 30 miles south of Rome on Januar |
| RAVENNA | This city in northeastern Italy was the capital of the Roman Empire in the 5th century CE. Its Church of San Vitale is one of the finest examples of Byzantine architecture and decoration in western Eu |
| VICENZA | This Italian city is famous as the home of the 16th-century architect Andrea Palladio and his successor Vincenzo Scamozzi. Some of the most notable Palladian structures there are the Basilica (1549-16 |
| ELIS | 2nd century CE geographer Pausanias described the people of this Olympic city as being the only ones who worshipped the god Hades |
| SAGITTA | From the Latin meaning "arrow" and listed by Ptolemy in the 2nd century, one of the constellations i |
| SIENA | The main public space of this Italian city is the Piazza del Campo |
| ALMAGEST | A work on astronomy, compiled by Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD, containing a description of the geocentric system of the universe and a star catalogue |
| TEUTON | A member of an ancient Germanic people from Jutland who migrated to Gaul in the 2nd Century B.C. (6) |
| IGNATIUS | St. ____ of Antioch, theologian and Bishop of that city martyred in the second century A.D. (8) |
| ROME | First city to reach a population of one million people, in the second century B.C. |
| RABBIAKIVA | 1st century CE great tanna who defied The Romans and is buried in Tiberias (50-135 CE) (5,5) |
| ARABIAN | This type of horse is among the most famous and dates as far back as the 7th century CE |
| PADUA | In which Italian city is Shakespeare's the Taming of the Shrew set? (5) |
| ESSENES | Members of the ancient Jewish sect, flourishing in Palestine from the second century BC to the first century AD (7) |
| HASMONEAN | Dynasty of ancient Judea, whose first ruler was Simon Maccabeus in the second century BC (9) |
