Roman

Eternal City's adjective

Roman means of or relating to Rome, its people, or its civilization—whether the ancient empire or the modern city.

Roman architecture, Roman law, Roman numerals (I, II, III, IV).

The Roman Catholic Church traces its authority to Rome.

A Roman nose has a prominent bridge, like profiles on ancient coins.

As a noun, a Roman is a person from Rome. (Lowercase roman is a typeface style.)

ancient

empire

Domain under unified control

republicState with elected leaders
senateLegislative governing body
forumGathering place for discourse

legion · centurion · gladiator · consul · tribune · aqueduct · toga · patrician · plebeian · conquest

literature

Virgil

Classical epic poet

OvidAncient Roman poet
CiceroAncient Rome's greatest speaker
SenecaStoic moralist of Rome

Horace · Tacitus · Pliny · Livy · Terence · Aeneid · Metamorphoses · epic · satire · elegy

typography

Trajan

Second-century Roman emperor

inscriptionText permanently marked
capitalWealth used for investment
majusculeUppercase letter form

classical · column · carved · lapidary · titling · display · monument

Catholic

Church

Organized religious denomination

popeCatholic Church's supreme leader
VaticanPapal city-state
MassCatholic worship service

sacrament · apostolic · papacy

Latin

declension

Noun form variation

conjugationVerb form variation system
grammarLanguage's structural rules
syntaxRules for arranging words

vocabulary · etymology · philology · manuscript · ablative · genitive · dative

nose

prominent

Easily noticed or distinguished

bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
aquilineResembling an eagle
profileSide-facing outline

numeral

I

First-person subject pronoun

VLetter for five
LTwelfth character, or fifty
CThird alphabet letter

D · M · clock · chapter · outline · copyright · sequel · regnal · numbering · ordinal

Roman

empire

Virgil

Trajan

Church

declension

prominent

I

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