| AURELIUS | Marcus -; ruling 161-80, one of the Five Good Emperors; the father of Commodus (8) |
| CIRCENSES | Games; with 9ac, what Juvenal reckons the Romans are reduced to worrying about, Sat 10. 80-1 |
| CAESAR | A form of address for Roman emperors; the ___ Eatery is a popular Lebanese restaurant in the heart of Altrincham (6) |
| OTTO | Name of four Holy Roman Emperors, the last of which was deposed in 1215 (4) |
| NERVA | Considered one of the "Five Good Emperors," he came to power at the age of 66. |
| ANTONIUSPIUS | One of the "Five Good Emperors," he built the Antonine Wall. |
| ANTONINUS | Fourth of the Five Good Emperors of Rome, who succeeded Hadrian in 138 AD (9,4) |
| PIUS | Fourth of the Five Good Emperors of Rome, who succeeded Hadrian in 138 AD (9,4) |
| TRAJAN | Second of the Five Good Emperors of Rome (98-117) |
| YORKTOWN | Site of decisive seventeen hundred and eighty one British defeat in Virginia |
| NAPOLEON | Emperor, the Parisian on North American river first (8) |
| PERTINAX | Tenacious-sounding emperor who succeeded Commodus |
| HADRIAN | The third of Rome's 'Five Good Emperors' (7) |
| BOBBYCOX | Braves manager who was ejected 161 times in his career: 2 wds. |
| IANHEALY | Australia Test cricketer who made an unbeaten 161 against West Indies in Brisbane in 1996 (3,5) |
| NERO | Roman emperor, the last of the Julio- Claudian line (4) |
| TAROT | The Emperor, The Empress or The High Priest |
| GRIEVE | Mourn death of George, King and Emperor, the night before (6) |
| NINE | The square root of eighty-one (4) |
| PATER | What Commodus called Marcus Aurelius |
