| SANHEDRIN | Official Jewish council in Judea during Roman rule (9) |
| TRIUMVIRI | Council in ancient Rome at 7, takes rum, regular starlit party (9) |
| MACCABEUS | Founders of the Hasmonean dynasty of ancient Judea (c. 140-37 BC), celebrated in the Jewish festival of Hanukkah (9) |
| PILATE | Pontius -, Roman administrator in Judea at the time of Christ (6) |
| HASMONEAN | Dynasty of ancient Judea, whose first ruler was Simon Maccabeus in the second century BC (9) |
| DEJAVU | Familiar feeling and sign in Judea building (4,2) |
| ATHENA | In Judea, the nativity reveals deity (6) |
| YOCHAI | Shimon bar ___ (Rashbi) - 2nd-century tannaitic sage in Judea (6) |
| MACCABEES | A Jewish rebel army that took control of Judea and founded the Hasmonean dynasty |
| AGRICOLA | Roman general and governor of Britain who advanced Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth |
| ICENI | Ancient British tribe that rebelled against Roman rule under queen Boudicca in 60-61 AD (5) |
| COPPER | This element was mined in Cyprus during Roman times, and its name means 'from Cyprus' (6) |
| SERVILEWARS | Three slave revolts during Roman times (7,4) |
| AMMAN | Arab city known as Philadelphia during Roman times (5) |
| PAPACY | Roman rule |
| PROVINCE | General word for a district or region; or, historically, a territory outside Italy under Roman rule (8) |
| NEPTUNE | Roman rules the sea from distant planet (7) |
| NSC | Letters from council in Washington, D.C. |
| DUMA | Elected council in Russian parliament (4) |
| SOVIET | Elected council in a communist country (6) |
