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Brewer's: Roman des Romans

A French version of Amadis of Gaul, greatly extended, by Gilbert Saunier and Sieur de Duverdier. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RomanceRoman de la Rose A…

Rulers of the Roman Empire and the Roman Republic

Over a millennium of leadership (good and bad) Take me to the Kings | Take me to the Republic Leaders | Take me to the Emperors More than a millennium passed between the founding of Rome and the…

Roman Numerals

Try our Roman Numeral Challenge. Roman numerals are expressed by letters of the alphabet and are rarely used today except for formality or variety. There are four basic principles for…

Brewer's: Roman

(The) Jean Dumont, the French painter, le Romain (1700-1781). Stephen Picart, the French engraver, le Romain (1631-1721). Giulio Pippi, Giulio Romano (1492-1546). Adrian van Roomen, the…

Brewer's: Romanic

or Romance Languages. Those modern languages which are the immediate offspring of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. Early French is emphatically so called; hence…

Brewer's: Romanism

Popery, or what resembles Popery, the religion of modern Rome. (A word of implied reproach.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Romantic SchoolRomanic A B C…

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski directed the critical and commercial hits Rosemary's Baby (1968, starring Mia Farrow) and Chinatown (1974, starring Jack Nicholson) before leaving the United States in 1978 after being…

Roman Gabriel

Roman GabrielBorn: Aug. 5, 1940Football QB 1st-round pick of L.A. Rams in 1962; voted NFL MVP in 1969 after throwing 24 touchdown passes and just 7 interceptions; threw for 3,219 yards in…

The Book of Romans

Romans Ch. 1: Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an… Ch. 2: Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever… Ch. 3: What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit… Ch. 4: What…