| 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 |
Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans
Epistle to the Romans
Romans | a New Testament book containing an exposition of the doctrines of Saint Paul, written in AD |
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 |
| clef | a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it |
treble clef
treble staff
G clef | a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff |
bass clef
F clef | a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff |
alto clef
viola clef | a clef that puts middle C on the third line of a staff |
| C clef | a movable clef that puts middle C on one of the lines of a staff |
| soprano clef | a clef that puts middle C on the bottom line of the staff |
| tenor clef | a clef that puts middle C on the fourth line of the staff, used for writing music for bassoons or cellos or tenor horns |
| 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 |