| SICILY | It is an island in southern Italy. Palermo became the capital of the kingdom that existed here. In Antony and Cleopatra (act 3, scene 6), Octavius Caesar says, "Caesar, and that having in ___ / Sextus |
| ROMAN | The helmet on the Billingford village sign represents the ... settlement that once existed here (5) |
| VENICE | It is an island city that was once the centre of a maritime republic. It was the greatest seaport in late medieval Europe and the continent's commercial and cultural link to Asia. In Much Ado About No |
| LYON | A Roman military colony called Lugdunum was founded on the site of this French city in 43 BCE, and it subsequently became the capital of the Gauls. This place reached its peak of classical development |
| SARDINIA | It is an island and region of Italy. Its capital is Cagliari. During the First Punic War (264-241 BCE) the Romans tried to capture it. In Antony and Cleopatra (act 2, scene 6), Pompey says, "You have |
| ISLAMABAD | The Faisal Mosque is the most famous building in this modern city which officially became the capital of Pakistan in 1967 |
| EELPIE | ___ Island is an island in the River Thames at Twickenham that was a major jazz and blues venue in the 1960s |
| RICHMOND | City that became the capital of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (8) |
| PERGAMUN | City of Asia Minor, which became the capital of the Attalid dynasty in the Hellenistic period (8) |
| RAVENNA | Italian city that became the capital of the western Roman Empire in AD402 (7) |
| MINASTIRITH | Capital of the kingdom of Gondor in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954-5) (5,6) |
| NAIROBI | Capital of Kenya, founded in 1899; it became the capital in 1905 (7) |
| BYZANTIUM | Ancient city which became the capital of the Eastern Roman empire and later Istanbul (9) |
| HUE | Port in central Vietnam that was the former capital of the kingdom of Annam (3) |
| ZARAGOZA | City in northeast Spain on the River Ebro; capital of the Kingdom of Aragon from the 12th century (8) |
| FLORENCE | Capital of the Kingdom of Italy, 1865-1871, whose dialect forms the base of Standard Italian (8) |
| HAWAII | Former kingdom that became the 50th U.S. state in 1959; these volcanic islands were annexed by the U.S. in 1898. (6) |
| PRAGUE | European capital that was formerly the capital of the kingdom of Bohemia (6) |
| UDAIPUR | City in Rajasthan, India that was the capital of the kingdom of Mewar (7) |
| PAMPLONA | City in Spain which was capital of the kingdom of Navarre from the 11th century until 1841 (8) |
