plural of Roman numeral

Synonym of Latin alphabet

plural of Roman mile

The beliefs or religion of the Roman Catholic Church.

plural of Roman Catholic

plural of Roman candle, a type of firework.

Alternative form of Greco-Roman

Of or pertaining to Greek or Roman culture. / (wrestling) Describing Greco-Roman wrestling, a form of wrestling where fighters may only attack above the waist.

An ancient Roman unit of itinerant distance of 1000 paces (mille passus, hence also "mile" from Latin mille, "1000"). Indirectly standardized to 5000 Roman feet by Agrippa in 29 BC. In modern times, Agrippa's Imperial Roman mile is empirically estimated to have been around 1481 meters (1620 yards, 4860 English feet, 0.92 English miles); compared with a modern mile, which is 5280 feet.

(historical) The empire which succeeded the Roman Republic and existed between 27 B.C.E. and 476 C.E. in the west (and until 1453 C.E. in the east; see Byzantine Empire), encompassing territories stretching from Britain and Germany to Spain, North Africa and the Persian Gulf.