Some articles on roman, romans:
... and the associated Anglo-Saxon settlement were founded outside the Roman city ... The abbey is near the site of a Roman cemetery, which, as normal in Roman times, was outside the city walls ... It is unknown whether there are Roman remains under the medieval abbey ...
... Roman (bidding system), a contract bridge bidding system Roman candle (firework) Roman chair, the exercise equipment Romans, a race in the Heroscape Universe The ...
... First officially used by the Roman Catholic Church in the Unitatis Redintegratio, "Separated brethren" is a term sometimes used by the Roman Catholic ... Before the Second Vatican Council, per the pronouncements of the Council of Trent, the Roman Catholic Church officially referred to Protestants and other non-Roman ... at least the mid-1990s, the term has often been replaced by Roman Catholic officials with phrases such as "other Christians" ...
... Roman roads were a vital part of the development of the Roman state, from about 500 BC through the expansion during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire ... Roman roads enabled the Romans to move armies and trade goods and to communicate ... The Roman road system spanned more than 400,000 km of roads, including over 80,500 km of paved roads ...
... which contains much information about the town, both as a Roman and Iron Age settlement, plus Roman history in general ... mosaics, and many other artefacts such as pottery, jewellery, tools and coins from the Roman period ... It is considered one of the best museums of Roman history in the country and has won an architectural award for its striking domed entrance ...
More definitions of "Roman":
- (adj): Characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions.
- (adj): Relating to or characteristic of people of Rome.
Example: "Roman virtues"; "his Roman bearing in adversity"; "a Roman nose"
- (noun): An inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire.
- (noun): A typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions.
Synonyms: roman type, roman letters, roman print
- (noun): A resident of modern Rome.
- (adj): Of or relating to or supporting Romanism.
Example: "The Roman Catholic Church"
Synonyms: r.c., Romanist, romish, Roman Catholic, popish, papist, papistic, papistical
Famous quotes containing the word roman:
“Communism, my friend, is more than Marxism, just as Catholicism ... is more than the Roman Curia. There is a mystique as well as a politique.... Catholics and Communists have committed great crimes, but at least they have not stood aside, like an established society, and been indifferent. I would rather have blood on my hands than water like Pilate.”
—Graham Greene (1904–1991)
“The Roman Empire stood appalled:
It dropped the reins of peace and war
When that fierce virgin and her Star
Out of the fabulous darkness called.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“My first childish doubt as to whether God could really be a good Protestant was suggested by my observation of the deplorable fact that the best voices available for combination with my mother’s in the works of the great composers had been unaccountably vouchsafed to Roman Catholics.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)