victory lap
lap of honour | a lap by the winning person or team run to celebrate the victory |
| Greco-Roman wrestling | a style of wrestling where the wrestlers are forbidden to tackle or trip or use holds below the waist |
orgy debauch
debauchery
saturnalia riot bacchanal
bacchanalia drunken revelry | a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity |
| film festival | a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year) |
festival
fete | an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place), a drama festival |
| jazz festival | a festival that features performances by jazz artists |
| Saturnalia | an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn |
| basilica Roman basilica | a Roman building used for public administration |
clerical collar
Roman collar
dog collar | a stiff white collar with no opening in the front, a distinctive symbol of the clergy |
Roman arch
semicircular arch | a round arch drawn from a single center |
| Roman building | a building constructed by the ancient Romans |
| Roman candle | a cylindrical firework that projects a series of colored balls of fire |
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Seven Wonders of the World | impressive monuments created in the ancient world that were regarded with awe |
honor honour purity
pureness | a woman's virtue or chastity |
honor
honour | the quality of being honorable and having a good name, a man of honor |
Roman nose
hooknose | a nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge |
| ancient history | knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence |
classical architecture
Greco-Roman architecture | architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans |
| Roman architecture | the architecture of ancient Rome |
Romanism
Roman Catholicism
papism | the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome |
| roman a clef | a novel in which actual persons and events are disguised as fictional characters |
| roman fleuve | a French novel in the form of a long chronicle of a family or other social group |
Roman alphabet
Latin alphabet | the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe |
| ancient history | a history of the ancient world |
Roman law
Justinian code
civil law jus civile | the legal code of ancient Rome, codified under Justinian, the basis for many modern systems of civil law |
award
accolade
honor
honour
laurels | a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction, an award for bravery |
| Roman numeral | a symbol in the old Roman notation, I,V,X,L,C,D,M represent ,,,,,, respectively in Arabic notation |
roman roman type
roman letters
roman print | a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions |
| Ancient Greek | the Greek language prior to the Roman Empire |
| Roman mythology | the mythology of the ancient Romans |
Roman Catholic
Western Church
Roman Catholic Church
Church of Rome
Roman Church | the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy |
| Holy Roman Empire | a political entity in Europe that began with the papal coronation of Otto I as the first emperor in and lasted untilwhen it was dissolved by Napoleon |
| Roman Legion | a division of from to men (including cavalry) in the Roman army |
Roman Inquisition
Congregation of the Inquisition | an inquisition set up in Italy in to curb the number of Protestants, it was the Roman Inquisition that put Galileo on trial |
| Roman Republic | the ancient Roman state fromBC until Augustus assumed power in BC, was governed by an elected Senate but dissatisfaction with the Senate led to civil wars that culminated in a brief dictatorship by Julius Caesar |
| Roman Empire | an empire established by Augustus in BC and divided in AD into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire, at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome |
Byzantine Empire
Byzantium Eastern Roman Empire | a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in |
Western Roman Empire
Western Empire | the western part after the Roman Empire was divided in , it lasted only until |
| Saturn | a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles, the th planet from the sun |
Greco-Roman deity
Graeco-Roman deity | a deity of classical mythology |
| Roman deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans |
| Saturn | (Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation, counterpart of Greek Cronus, Saturday is Saturn's Day |
| Roman Catholic | a member of the Roman Catholic Church |
| Roman | a resident of modern Rome |
| Roman | an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire |
| ancient | a person who lived in ancient times |
| ancient antediluvian | a very old person |
| Holy Roman Emperor | sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire |
pope
Catholic Pope
Roman Catholic Pope
pontiff
Holy Father
Vicar of Christ
Bishop of Rome | the head of the Roman Catholic Church |
Roman Emperor
Emperor of Rome | sovereign of the Roman Empire |