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	Roman or Romans may refer to: A thing or person of or from the city of Rome Rome Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some .... . History Ancient Rome Ancient Rome Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC.... (9th century BC – 5th century AD) Roman Kingdom Roman Kingdom The Roman Kingdom was the monarchy government of the city of Rome and its territories. Little is certain about the history of the Roman Kingdom, as no written records from that time survive, and the histories about it were written during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire and are largely based on legend.... (753 BC to 509 BC) Roman Republic Roman Republic The Roman Republic was the phase of the Ancient Rome characterized by a republican form of government; a period which began with the overthrow of the Roman Roman Kingdom, c.... (509 BC to 44 BC) Roman Empire Roman Empire The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean.... (27 BC to 476 AD) Roman citizen Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople.... (330/476/629 to 1453), a Late Antiquity and medieval continuation of the Greek-speaking portion of the Roman Empire Romaioi Names of the Greeks Since the time of Homer, some Greeks have called themselves Hellenes ; in Homer, Greece and "Hellenes" were names of the tribe settled in Thessaly Phthia, led in the Iliad by Achilles.... (??µa???) or Romioi Names of the Greeks Since the time of Homer, some Greeks have called themselves Hellenes ; in Homer, Greece and "Hellenes" were names of the tribe settled in Thessaly Phthia, led in the Iliad by Achilles.... (??µ???), a self-identification of the Greek-speaking Christian population of the Empire dating to Late Antiquity (the term translates literally to "Roman"), still somewhat in use by Greeks Holy Roman Empire Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor.... (c. 900 to 1806), a medieval German-speaking state in Central Europe Geography Roman, Bulgaria Roman, Bulgaria Roman is a town in northwestern Bulgaria near the city of Pravets and about 90 km northeast of the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia. It is located in Vratsa Province and is known for the big steel factory, producing 100,000 tons of steel a year.... , a municipality near Pravets Romans-sur-Isère Romans-sur-Isère Romans-sur-Is?re or Romans is a Communes of France in the Dr?me Departments of France in southeastern France.... , in the Drôme département of France Roman, Romania Roman, Romania Roman is a mid-sized city in central Moldavia, a region of Romania. It is located 46 km east of Piatra Neamt, in the Neamt County at the confluence of Siret and Moldova rivers.... , a city in Neamt county Saint Roman Saint Roman Saint Roman is the smallest and northernmost community in the Principality of Monaco. It is a quartier of Monaco, and a former subdivision of the traditional quartier of Monte Carlo.... in Monaco Romans, Ain Romans, Ain Romans is a Communes of France in the Ain Departments of France in eastern France.... , a town in France Roman, Eure Roman, Eure Roman is a Communes of the Eure department in the Eure Departments of France in northern France.See alsoCommunes of the Eure department... , France Romans, Deux-Sèvres Romans, Deux-Sèvres Romans* is a village and Communes of the Deux-S?vres department in the Deux-S?vres departments of France of western France.... , France Romans d'Isonzo Romans d'Isonzo Romans d'Isonzo is a comune in the Province of Gorizia in the Italy region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 40 km northwest of Trieste and about 15 km southwest of Gorizia.... , a town in Italy Roman roads Christianity Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population.... , a Christian church that professes the Catholic faith Roman Missal Roman Missal The Roman Missal is the Liturgical books of the Roman rite that contains the texts and rubric s for the celebration of the Mass in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.... , a book containing prayers and readings for a Roman Catholic Mass Epistle to the Romans Epistle to the Romans The Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Romans is one of the letters of the New Testament canon of Scripture of the Christianity Bible. Often referred to simply as Romans, it is one of the seven currently undisputed letters of Paul the Apostle.... , a letter in the New Testament of the Christian Bible Typography Roman type Roman type In Typography, "roman" type has two principal meanings, both stemming from the stylistic origin of text typefaces from Roman square capitals used in ancient Rome:... , an upright typeface style, contrasted to italic Times New Roman, a font Roman (typeface) Roman (typeface) Roman is a scalable font designed for pen plotters, available on Microsoft Windows 1.x through 3.11 and all versions of Windows NT through Windows Vista .... , a raster font packaged with Windows XP Literature Romance (genre) Romance (genre) As a literary genre of high culture, romance or chivalric romance refers to a style of heroic prose and Verse narrative that was particularly current in aristocratic literature of Middle Ages and Early Modern Europe, that narrated fantastic stories about the marvellous adventures of a chivalrous, heroic knight, often of super-human ab... , a genre of Medieval French literature Nouveau roman Nouveau roman The *nouveau roman* is a type of 1950s French novel that diverged from classical literary genres. ?mile Henriot coined the title in an article in the popular French newspaper Le Monde on May 22, 1957 to describe certain writers who experimental novel with style in each novel, creating an essentially new style each time.... Music ROMANS (jpop), Hello! Project J-pop music group Roman, an album by the Japanese musical group Sound Horizon Sound Horizon Sound Horizon, abbreviated by fans as Sanhora, is a Japanese musical group with composer Revo as the leader. They call themselves the 'fantasy band'.... Mythology Roman mythology Roman mythology Roman mythology, or more appropriately, Latin mythology, refers to the mythology beliefs of the Italic people inhabiting the region of Latium and its main city, Rome.... People Roman (name) Roman (name) Roman is a male first name. It has distant origins dating back to the Roman Empire and the Latin language.It comes from the latin "romanus", which means capita Rome or of Rome.... , a male given name derived from Latin Romanus See the above article for persons with the given name "Roman" Roman, emperor of Bulgaria 971-991 Roman of Bulgaria Roman was emperor of Bulgaria from 977 to 997 .... Bernard Romans Bernard Romans Bernard Romans was a navigator, surveyor, cartographer, naturalist, engineer, soldier, promoter and writer. His best known work, A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida, published in 1775, is a valuable source of information about the Floridas during the period of United Kingdom control.... , Dutch-born navigator, surveyor, cartographer, naturalist, engineer, soldier, promoter and writer Valter Roman Valter Roman Valter or Walter Roman , born Ernst or Erno Neul?nder, was a Romanian Communism activist and soldier. During his lifetime, Roman was active inside the Romanian Communist Party, Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, French Communist Party, and Communist Party of Spain Communist parties as well as being a Comintern cadre.... and Petre Roman Petre Roman Petre Roman is a Romanian politician, former Prime Minister of Romania from 1989 to 1991, when his government was overthrown by the Mineriad of the miners led by Miron Cozma.... , Romanian politicians Johan Helmich Roman Johan Helmich Roman Johan Helmich Roman was a Swedish Baroque composer. He has been called "the father of Swedish music" or "the Swedish George Frideric Handel."... , Swedish composer Roman Bellic, a character from the game Grand Theft Auto IV List of characters in Grand Theft Auto IV A number of recurring characters appear in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV, set circa spring to autumn of 2008. The characters that appear in Grand Theft Auto IV are relatively diverse and relative to the respective boroughs of Liberty City they are based in, belonging to various gangs and ethnic groups.... Other Roman (film) Roman (film) *Roman* is a 2006 in film starring Lucky McKee and Kristen Bell with Angela Bettis directing. The movie is a spin-off of 2002 cult hit May .... Roman alphabet (Latin alphabet), the standard script of the English language and most of the languages of western and central Europe, and of those areas settled by Europeans Roman architecture Roman architecture The Architecture of Ancient Rome adopted the external Greek Architecture for their own purposes, which were so different from Greek buildings as to create a new architecture style.... Roman army Roman army The Roman Army was employed by the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire, as part of the Roman military. Its most important infantry constituent for much of its history was the Roman legion.... Roman calendar Roman calendar The Roman calendar changed its form several times in the time between founding of Rome and the fall of the Roman Empire. This article generally discusses the early Roman or 'pre-Julian' calendars.... Roman candle Roman candle Roman candle is a traditional type of firework, that ejects one or more stars or exploding shells.Roman candles come in a variety of sizes, from small 6 mm diameter for consumers, and up to 8 cm diameter in .... Romans (Heroscape), a race in the Heroscape Universe Roman law Roman law Roman law is the law system of ancient Rome. As used in the West the term commonly refers to legal developments prior to the Roman/Byzantine state's adopting Greek language as its official language in the 7th century.... , the legal system of both the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire Roman numerals Roman numerals Roman numerals are a numeral system of ancient Rome based on letters of the alphabet, which are combined to signify the sum of their values. The system is decimal but not directly Positional notation and does not include a zero.... , numeral system where certain letters are given a numeral value Roman pot Roman pot The Roman pot is the name of a technique used in Particle accelerator physics. Named after its implementation by the CERN Rome group in the early 1970s, it is an important tool to measure the total Cross section of the collisions.... , a device used in accelerator physics Roman religion Roman religion The term Roman religion may refer to:Religion in ancient Romereligions of the Roman Empire period Imperial cult * Sol InvictusMithraism... Roman surface Roman surface The Roman surface** is a self-intersecting mapping of the real projective plane into three-dimensional space, with an unusually high degree of symmetry.... , self-intersecting immersion of the real projective plane into three-dimensional geometrical space The Romans (Doctor Who) The Romans (Doctor Who) *The Romans* is a list of Doctor Who serials in the United Kingdom science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from January 16 to February 6, 1965.... , An episode of the BBC production, Doctor Who Roman (vehicle manufacturer) Roman (vehicle manufacturer) Autocamioane Roman is a Romanian truck manufacturer that was established after World War II on the foundation of the old ROMLOC automotive factory built in 1921.... , a Romanian truck manufacturer Ar-Rum Ar-Rum Surat Ar-Rum is the 30th sura of the Qur'an with 60 ayat. It calls Muslims to look forward to the victory it prophesies of the Emperor Heraclius' Christians over the Persian Zoroastrians.... , the 30th book in the Qu'ran, is sometimes translated as The Romans See also Note: the following entries are arranged in an etymological tree. Roma Romaic Romanus Aromanian Aromanians Aromanians are a people living throughout the southern Balkans, especially in northern Greece, Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria, and as an emigrant community in Romania .... Romagna Romagna Romagna is an Italy historical region that approximately corresponds to the south-eastern portion of present-day Emilia-Romagna. Traditionally, it is limited by the Apennine Mountains to the south-west, the Adriatic to the east, and the rivers River Reno and Sillaro to the north and west.... Romagnol Romaine Romaine 'Romaine may refer to:* Romaine lettuce, a variety of lettuce* Ruby Romaine, a fictional characterPeople named Romaine:* Irving Romaine , Bermudian cricketer... Roman Romanesco Romanesco Romanesco or Romanesque is a Romance languages language spoken in Rome, Italy. It is one of the Central Italian, but considered closer to Tuscan dialect and Italian language.... Romanesque Romanesque Romanesque can refer to:Romanesque art, the art of Western Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the 13th century or laterRomanesque architecture, architecture of Europe which emerged in the late 10th century and lasted to the 13th century... Romana Romana (disambiguation) Romana may refer to:Pax Romana, a period of peace experienced by the Roman EmpireRamana, AzerbaijanRomana, short for Romanadvoratrelundar, fictional character in the television series Doctor Who... Romand Románd Rom?nd* is a village in Gyor-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary.External links ... Romandy Romania Romania (disambiguation) Romania may refer to:* Romania, the modern nation-state in southeastern Europe*Romania The self-identifying short-form name of the East Roman or Byzantine Empire ... Romanian Romanian Romanian may refer to a resident of or something associated with Romania, a country in southeastern Europe, including:* Romanian diaspora, the ethnic Romanian population residing outside of Romania... Romanicus Romance Romance Romance or romantic may refer to:Romantic movement* Romanticism, an artistic and intellectual movement in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries... Romanic Romanization Romanization In linguistics, romanization is the representation of a written word or spoken speech with the Latin alphabet, or a system for doing so, where the original word or language uses a different writing system .... Romano Romano Romano may refer several thingsPeople* Romano AKA the Man in the Hat, a character in the TV series Ghost Whisperer* Andy Romano, an American actor... Romanos Romanos Romanos , also known as Saint Romanos the Melodist or Roman the Hymnographer, was one of the greatest of Greeks hymnographers, called "the Pindar of rhythmic poetry".... Romansh Rûm Rûm R?m, also Roum or Rhum , is a very indefinite term used at different times in the Muslim world to refer to the Balkans and Anatolia generally, and for the Byzantine Empire in particular, for the Seljuk Sultanate of R?m in Asia Minor, and for Greeks inhabiting Ottoman Empire or modern Turkey territory as well as for Greek Cypriots.... Rumelia Rumelia Rumelia or Rumeli is a Turkish name, used from the 15th century onwards, for the southern Balkan regions of the Ottoman Empire. "Rumeli" literally translates as "land of the Romans", in reference to the Byzantine Empire, the former dominant power in the area....