Greco-Roman wrestling | a style of wrestling where the wrestlers are forbidden to tackle or trip or use holds below the waist |
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 |
Roman nose hooknose | a nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Greco-Roman deity Graeco-Roman deity | a deity of classical mythology |
Roman deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans |
Roman Catholic | a member of the Roman Catholic Church |
Roman | a resident of modern Rome |
Roman | an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire |
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 |
Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II | the Holy Roman Emperor who led the Sixth Crusade and crowned himself king of Jerusalem (-) |
Jakobson Roman Jakobson Roman Osipovich Jakobson | United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (-) |
black caraway nutmeg flower Roman coriander Nigella sativa | herb of the Mediterranean region having pungent seeds used like those of caraway |
Roman wormwood rock harlequin Corydalis sempervirens Fumaria sempervirens | glaucous herb of northeastern United States and Canada having loose racemes of yellow-tipped pink flowers, sometimes placed in genus Fumaria |
Roman wormwood Artemis pontica | European wormwood, minor source of absinthe |
Roman nettle Urtica pipulifera | annual European nettle with stinging foliage and small clusters of green flowers |
Roman hyacinth Hyacinthus orientalis albulus | hyacinth with loosely flowered spikes, several growing from one bulb |
mile Roman mile | an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent toyards |
Roman pace | an ancient Roman unit of length (. English feet) measured as the distance from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when next it touches the ground |
Roman times | the time period during which Rome dominated Europe |
Roman calendar | the lunar calendar in use in ancient Rome, replaced by the Julian calendar in BC |
classical classic Greco-Roman Graeco-Roman Hellenic | of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures, classical mythology, classical |
Roman Romanic | of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome), Roman architecture, the old Roman wall |
Roman | relating to or characteristic of people of Rome, Roman virtues, his Roman bearing in adversity, a Roman nose |
Roman R.C. Romanist romish Roman Catholic popish papist papistic papistical | of or relating to or supporting Romanism, the Roman Catholic Church |
Roman | characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions |