| POMPEY | With 30-Across, Roman political and military leader of the 1st century BCE |
| STANDISH | Myles ___, pilgrim on the Mayflower and military leader of the Plymouth colony |
| SENATE | Roman political body |
| FLORENCE | It was founded as a Roman military colony about the 1st century BCE. It is the capital of Tuscany. In The Taming of the Shrew (act 1, scene 1), Lucentio says, "A merchant of great traffic through the |
| STAR | Leader of the 1st Army |
| FAIRFAX | Military leader of the Roundheads at the 1645 Battle of Naseby (7) |
| POTEMKIN | Military leader of the Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774) |
| SUPERPOWER | A nation with great political and military power (8) |
| SUEZ | Shorthand for a political and military crisis that engulfed the Eden government in 1956 (4) |
| FATAH | Palestinian political and military organization founded in the late 1950s (5) |
| PERUVIAN | South American training to race across Roman road (8) |
| GALLIVANT | Gad about, dashing across Roman square (9) |
| TUSCANY | Region of Italy conquered by the neighbouring Romans in the first century BCE (7) |
| CICERO | Prominent Roman statesman of the 1st century BC, Marcus Tullius _ (6) |
| NERO | Infamous Roman emperor of the 1st century |
| CATULLUS | Poet of the 1st century BC (8) |
| CATANIA | This city in Italy was founded in 729 BCE by Chalcidians and then renamed Aetna in the 5th century BCE. It is home to ancient Roman and Greek ruins and structures, and it was rebuilt in Baroque style |
| PETRONILLA | Virgin martyr who died at the end of the first century, supposedly a daughter of Peter (10) |
| TACTICUS | During the 4th century BCE, he wrote On the Defense of Fortifications, one chapter of which was devoted to cryptography, making it the earliest treatise on the subject. |
| RABBIAKIVA | Leading Jewish sage, a tanna, of the latter part of the first century CE (c.50135 CE) (5,5) |
