| TULLY | The former English name for the Roman consul, orator and writer Cicero |
| CHICKPEA | Foodstuff which is the direct translation of the name of the Roman statesman, orator and writer Cicero (106-43 BC) (8) |
| CICERO | Roman consul, orator and writer killed by Mark Antony's agents in 43BC (6) |
| PEKING | The former English name for Beijing (6) |
| INCHON | What is the former English spelling for Seoul's main port? (6) |
| LETTISH | (GKN) Former English name for the Baltic official language of Latvia, from German (7) |
| CATO | -- the Elder or -- the Censor, 234-149BC, Roman statesman, orator and writer (4) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| TREVES | Former English name of a city on the Moselle, associated with Emperor Augustus, claimed to be Germany's oldest city (6) |
| VESTAS | Early "strike anywhere" wooden or wax-stemmed matches named for the Roman goddess of domestic warmth, household, hearth and its divine fire, flames and sparks (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 |
| TACITUS | Gaius Cornelius, Roman orator and historian whose works include the Annals (7) |
