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Roman d'Alexandre
The Roman d'Alexandre, in Old French Li romans d'Alixandre, is a 12th-century Old French verse romance recounting the exploits of Alexander the Great, giving its name to the alexandrine.
Roman Dacia
Roman Dacia: the Danubian province Trajan created in 106 CE from the Dacian kingdom, the only Roman province entirely north of the Danube, divided by Hadrian in 129 and abandoned by Aurelian around 271 CE.
Roman dams
Roman dams are water-retaining structures built across the Roman and early Byzantine world from the 1st century BC, concentrated in Spain, North Africa, and the Near East.
Roman de Brut
The Roman de Brut is an Anglo-Norman verse chronicle by Wace, completed in 1155, presenting the legendary history of Britain and first mentioning the Round Table.
Roman de Fauvel
The Roman de Fauvel is an early 14th-century French allegorical satire by Gervais du Bus in which a horse embodies vice and rules a France turned upside down.
Roman de la Rose
Roman de la Rose is a 13th-century allegorical Old French dream-vision poem by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, recounting a lover's quest to win a rose.
Roman dictator
The Roman dictator (Dictātor) was an extraordinary magistrate of the Roman Republic, appointed by the Senate with supreme authority, traditionally for six months, later held by Sulla and Caesar.
Roman diplomacy and foreign embassies to Rome
Roman diplomacy and foreign embassies to Rome worked through ad hoc envoys, the legati, heard by the Senate until emperors took over receptions in the late first century BC.
Roman Dmitriyev
Roman Dmitriyev (Роман Михайлович Дмитриев), Soviet Yakut freestyle wrestler at 48 kg, was 1972 Olympic champion in Munich, 1976 Montreal silver medalist, 1973 world champion, and six-time Soviet champion; died 2010.
Roman Dmowski
Roman Dmowski (1864 to 1939) was a Polish statesman, chief ideologue of National Democracy, and head of the Polish National Committee in Paris, signing the Treaty of Versailles for Poland in 1919.
Roman dodecahedron
Roman dodecahedron, or Gallo-Roman dodecahedron: a small hollow bronze object with 12 pentagonal faces, varying holes, and 20 knobs, found 2nd-4th century AD in northwestern Roman provinces; function unknown.
Roman Dolidze (რომან დოლიძე)
Roman Dolidze (რომან დოლიძე), "The Caucasian", Georgian UFC middleweight and light heavyweight born 1988 in Batumi; 15-6-0 record, grappler-turned-power-striker, UFC debut 2020, losses to de Ridder, Duncan, Hernandez.
Roman Egypt
Roman Egypt: the province Rome annexed in 30 BCE after Cleopatra VII's death, ruled by an equestrian prefect as the emperor's personal domain, the empire's grain source until the Arab conquest of 642 CE.
Roman Elegies
Roman Elegies (Römische Elegien) is a cycle of 24 love poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written 1788 to 1790 after his return from Italy and first published in 1795.
Roman elegy
Roman elegy is a genre of first-person Latin love poetry in elegiac couplets, written by Gallus, Tibullus, Propertius, Ovid, and Sulpicia in the first century BC.
Roman emperor
Roman emperor: ruler of the Roman state from Augustus (27 BC), styled princeps and imperator, combining army command, provincial rule, and fiscal control; succession depended on army and Praetorian acclamation; western office ended in 476.
Roman Empire (TV series)
Roman Empire is a Netflix docudrama anthology (2016–2019, 3 seasons, 15 episodes) by Stephen David Entertainment, narrated by Sean Bean, covering Commodus, Julius Caesar, and Caligula with historian commentary.
Roman F. Arnoldy
Roman F. Arnoldy was a metallurgical entrepreneur who founded Triten Corporation in Houston in 1946 and spent five decades developing hardfacing and chromium carbide wear-plate technology, with patents spanning 1961 to 1996.
Román Fasel
Roman Fasel is a Swiss surface physicist and chemist who heads the nanotech@surfaces Laboratory at Empa and is a pioneer of on-surface synthesis, known for atomically precise graphene nanoribbons.
Roman festivals
Roman festivals, also called ancient Roman festivals, were the holy days of the Roman state and household, marked by sacrifices, feasts, and games on a priest-regulated calendar.
Roman Fortress at York
Roman Fortress at York (Eboracum/Eburacum): legionary fortress founded AD 71-74 by Legio IX Hispana under Petillius Cerialis, 20.25 hectares, rebuilt in stone AD 107-8, later Legio VI Victrix base and Colonia; its walls shape modern York.
Roman Forts and Camps at Cawthorn
Cawthorn Camps (Cawthorn Roman forts and camp), North Yorkshire: four late 1st to early 2nd century AD Roman military earthworks, two forts, an annexe, and a polygonal camp, excavated by Richmond in the 1920s and reassessed as likely permanently occupied.
Roman Forum
The Roman Forum (Forum Romanum, Forum Magnum) is Rome's central ancient plaza between the Palatine and Capitoline hills, the political, legal, religious and economic heart of the city, drained in the 7th century BC and last monumented by the Column of Phocas in 608 CE.
Roman Gabriel
Roman Gabriel (1940-2024), NFL quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles, 1969 NFL MVP, first Filipino-American quarterback, Rams' all-time leader with 154 touchdown passes.
Roman Gaul
Roman Gaul (Gallia): Roman provinces over most of modern France, Belgium and neighboring lands, from Narbonensis (121 BCE) through Caesar's conquest (58–51 BCE), Augustus's four-province division, Gallo-Roman civilization, and the end of Roman rule in the fifth century.
Roman Gofman (רומן גופמן)
Roman Gofman (רומן גופמן), born 1976 in Mazyr, Belarus, is an Israeli major general and 14th Mossad director since June 2026, formerly Netanyahu's military secretary, a 7th Brigade and 210th Division commander wounded fighting Hamas on October 7, 2023.
Román González (boxer)
Román "Chocolatito" González (born 1987, Managua) is a Nicaraguan boxer, four-division world champion (105–115 lbs), 53-4 with 74% KOs, and pound-for-pound No. 1 in the mid-2010s.
Roman graffiti
Roman graffiti: informal handwritten writings and drawings scratched or painted on walls across the Greco-Roman world, best preserved at Pompeii and Herculaneum, where over 8,000 inscriptions record daily life.
Roman Hagara
Roman Hagara, Austrian sailor born 1966 in Vienna, won Olympic Tornado multihull gold at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 with Hans-Peter Steinacher, competed at four Games, and later led foiling teams and the Austrian federation's technology program.
Roman Hamrlik
Roman Hamrlik (Roman Hamrlík), Czech defenseman born 1974 in Zlín; first Czech taken first overall in the 1992 NHL Draft by Tampa Bay; 1,395 NHL games, 638 points; Olympic gold at Nagano 1998.