Spectācula Imperātōris
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The Colosseum in Rome, under the emperor Domitian. The arena has been turned into a forest: painted trees rise from the sand, and lions, bears and wild boars roam among them while hunters stalk them. Soldiers with shields guard the emperor's box, and fifty thousand spectators watch.
Domitian has spared no expense. Seven puzzles stand between you and the end of the show. Solve them all, and one last word is what the crowd shouts to the emperor.
Crossword — the games, the emperor and the arena, in Latin from Book 4.
Anagrams — unscramble seven words from the games.
Cipher — decode a message in Latin, then answer the riddle it asks.
Matching — two verbs, spectō ("watch") and videō ("see"), in the subjunctive after ut ("so that").
Picture Count — reassemble the arena, then count what you see.
Odd One Out — find the word that doesn't belong in each row to build the story, then answer questions about it.
Final Rebus — one clue from every lock. Their first letters spell the final word.
Every answer box checks itself. Spelling and capitals are forgiving, and macrons are never needed.
Fifteen words from the Colosseum. Every clue gives the English meaning; you supply the Latin. Fill the grid — every crossing letter must agree both ways. Seven cells are marked in red: once the grid is solved, their letters unscramble into one more word.
The grid is correct. Unscramble the seven red letters:
Seven words from the games. Unscramble each one.
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The password was:
Clārus — famous. Domitian gave the games to please the people, and the people cheered him; the shows in his Colosseum made his name famous throughout the Roman world.