| ATTICUS | Herodes ____ was an Ancient Greek rhetorician who also became a Roman senator and consul |
| MINNELLI | Liza ___, the daughter of Judy Garland who also became a Hollywood star (8) |
| QUINTILIAN | Roman rhetorician who wrote "Institutio Oratoria" |
| ISOCRATES | Ostracise failed Greek rhetorician |
| SCIPIO | - Africanus, Roman general and consul |
| TACITUS | Roman senator and historian, born 55AD, who wrote about the reigns of Tiberius, Claudius and Nero (7) |
| OARS | A trireme was an ancient Greek or Roman war galley with three banks of what? (4) |
| AESOP | Who was an ancient Greek author of fables? (5) |
| ODEON | ___ of Herodes Atticus (ancient Athenian theatre) |
| DIPLOMATS | ambassadors and consuls |
| DURHAM | This natural defensive site in northeastern England was chosen by William I the Conqueror (reigned 1066-87) as a fortress and bulwark against the Scots. It also became a place of pilgrimage for St. Cu |
| VERONA | It became a Roman colony in 89 BCE and rose in importance because it was at the junction of main roads between Italy and northern Europe. The poet Catullus was born there. In Romeo and Juliet (act 1, |
| PISA | It is a city on the Arno 50 miles (80 km) west of Florence. It became a Roman colony soon after 180 BCE. Its university was founded circa 1343. Its piazza includes a certain leaning tower. In The Tami |
| ORPHEUS | He is an ancient Greek legendary hero endowed with superhuman musical skills. He also became the patron of a religious movement based on sacred writings said to be his own. In The Merchant of Venice ( |
| PURPLE | Colour of the stripe on the toga of a Roman senator (6) |
| ANTOININE | This wall was an ancient Roman frontier barrier, extending about 36.5 miles (58.5 km) across Scotland between the River Clyde and the Firth of Forth. It was built in the years after 142 CE on the orde |
| KAMINDU | Who recently joined Sir Donald Bradman as the third-fastest player to reach 1000 Test runs and also became the first player to score a half-century or more in each of first eight Tests since debut? (7 |
| ADDISON | Joseph ____ was an essayist, poet and politician, and a co-founder of The Spectator |
| SATINSHEETS | Emulated a Roman senator? |
| OARSMAN | A Roman senator originally abandoned one on the river |