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adjectiveof or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome)
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nouna typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions
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adjectiveof or relating to or supporting Romanism
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nounan inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empiretype of:
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nouna resident of modern Rometype of:
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relating to or characteristic of people of Rome
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characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions
Definition that contains roman
- night Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
- blessed Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
- martial Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC)
- anthony Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
- adrian Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan; travelled throughout his empire to strengthen its frontiers and encourage learning and architecture; on a visit to Britain in 122 he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall (76-138)
- julian Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)
- lawrence Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
- pompey Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)
- nero Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
- gaius Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41)