Roman or Romans most often refers to: *

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, the capital city of Italy *

Ancient Rome In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 B ...

, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *

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, the people of ancient Rome *''

Epistle to the Romans The Epistle to the Romans is the sixth book in the New Testament, and the longest of the thirteen Pauline epistles. Biblical scholars agree that it was composed by Paul the Apostle to explain that salvation is offered through the gospel of J ...

'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter in the New Testament of the Christian Bible Roman or Romans may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Music

Romans (band) was a short-lived female Japanese pop unit formed in 2003, consisting of five singers also active in other pop bands from Hello! Project. The group only released one single, "Sexy Night: Wasurerarenai Kare", on August 20, 2003, ranking N°10 on O ...

, a Japanese pop group * ''Roman'' (album), by Sound Horizon, 2006 * ''Roman'' (EP), by Teen Top, 2011 *"

Roman (My Dear Boy) is the twenty-second single of idol group Morning Musume and was released May 12, 2004. It sold a total of 87,255 copies. The single peaked at #4 on the weekly Oricon charts, charting for six weeks. The single was certified Gold by RIAJ for phy ...

", a 2004 single by Morning Musume

Film and television

Film Roman Film Roman, LLC is an American independent animation studio currently based in Woodland Hills, California and formerly in Burbank. It was previously owned by Starz Inc., which is now a division of Lionsgate, and later by Waterman Entertainment, ...

, an American animation studio * ''Roman'' (film), a 2006 American suspense-horror film * ''Romans'' (2013 film), an Indian Malayalam comedy film * ''Romans'' (2017 film), a British drama film * ''The Romans'' (''Doctor Who''), a serial in British TV series

People

Roman (given name) Roman is a masculine given name meaning '' from Rome'', which originated within the Roman Empire, via Latin. In its initial sense, the title "''Roman''", (''Romanus'' in Latin and '' Romanos'' in Greek) denotes a member of the Roman Empire, or bel ...

, a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters *

Roman (surname) Roman, Román, or Romans is a surname appeared in many countries. Notable people with the surname include: * Adalberto Román (born 1987), Paraguayan football player * Aída Román (born 1988), Mexican archer * Alexandru Roman (1826–1897), Roma ...

, including a list of people named Roman or Romans *Ῥωμαῖοι (Romans), the name of the Greeks in the Middle Ages and during Ottoman rule **

Rûm Rūm ( ar, روم , collective; singulative: Rūmī ; plural: Arwām ; fa, روم Rum or Rumiyān, singular Rumi; tr, Rûm or , singular ), also romanized as ''Roum'', is a derivative of the Aramaic (''rhπmÈ'') and Parthian (''frwm'') te ...

, a generic term used at different times in the Muslim world with various meanings *

Romance peoples The Romance-speaking world, Romanophone world, Neolatin world, or Latin-speaking world, is the part of the world where Romance languages (those evolved from Latin) are either official, co-official, or significantly used, comprising Latin Europe an ...

, a term referring to speakers of Romance languages

Places

Roman

Roman, Bulgaria Roman ( bg, Роман ) 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 ...

Roman Municipality Roman Municipality is a municipality in Vratsa Province, Bulgaria. Demography Religion According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the ...

Roman, Eure Roman () is a former commune in the Eure department in northern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Mesnils-sur-Iton.

, France *

Roman, Romania Roman () is a city located in the central part of Western Moldavia, a traditional region of Romania. It is located 46 km east of Piatra Neamț, in Neamț County at the confluence of the rivers Siret and Moldova. Its name was taken from Mold ...

Roman County Roman County is one of the historic counties of Moldavia, Romania. The county seat was Roman. In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly formed Ținutul Prut, but it was re-established in 1940 after the fall of Carol II ...

, a historic county *

Roman, Sakha Republic Roman (russian: Роман; sah, Роман) is a rural locality (a '' selo''), and one of two settlements in Sen-Kyuyolsky Rural Okrug of Srednekolymsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, in addition to Oyusardakh, the administrative cen ...

, Russia *

Roman River The Roman River is a river that flows entirely through the English county of Essex. It is a tributary of the River Colne, flowing into its tidal estuary below Colchester. The lower end of the Roman River is also tidal, with tidal water flowing ...

, Essex, England *

Roman Valley, Nova Scotia Roman Valley is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Guysborough County Guysborough County is a county in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia. History Taking its name from the ...

, Canada

Romans

Romans, Ain Romans () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Geography The village is located between Bresse and the Dombes. The river Renon flows through the commune from southeast to northwest. The other rivers in the area are the Ira ...

, France *

Romans, Deux-Sèvres Romans () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. See also *Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department The following is a list of the 256 communes of the Deux-Sèvres department of France. The communes cooperate in the fo ...

, France *

Romans d'Isonzo Romans d'Isonzo ( fur, Romans dal Lusinç, sl, Romanž na Soči) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southwest of Gorizia. Romans d'Isonzo borders the follow ...

, Italy *

Romans-sur-Isère Romans-sur-Isère (; Occitan: ''Rumans d'Isèra''; Old Occitan: ''Romans'') is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Geography Romans-sur-Isère is located on the Isère, northeast of Valence. There are more than 50,000 in ...

, France

Religion

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

, the largest Christian church **

Roman Catholic (term) "Roman Catholic" is sometimes used to differentiate members of the Catholic Church in full communion with the pope in Rome from other Christians who also self-identify as "Catholic". It is also sometimes used to differentiate adherents to the ...

Other uses

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (shortened as Roman or the Roman Space Telescope, and formerly the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope or WFIRST) is a NASA infrared space telescope currently in development and scheduled to launch by Ma ...

, also known as the Roman Space Telescope, a NASA initiative *

Roman (company) Ro is an American telehealth company that Diagnosis, diagnoses patients, and subsequently prescribes and delivers treatments. The company is headquartered in New York City. Overview Ro was launched as Roman in October 2017 by Zachariah Reitano ...

, now Ro, a digital health company *

Roman (vehicle manufacturer) ROMAN (with the DAC division) is a truck and bus manufacturer from Brașov, Romania. It was established after World War II on the foundation of the old ''ROMLOC'' automotive factory built in 1921. In 1948, the industrial plant was named ''Steagu ...

, or ROMAN, a Romanian truck manufacturer *

Roman script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...

or Latin script, graphic signs based on letters of the classical Latin alphabet *

Roman numerals Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages. Numbers are written with combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet, eac ...

, numbers from Ancient Rome *

Roman type In Latin script typography, roman is one of the three main kinds of historical type, alongside blackletter and italic. Roman type was modelled from a European scribal manuscript style of the 15th century, based on the pairing of inscriptional ...

, one of the three main kinds of historical type