Literary notes about roman (AI summary)
In literature the adjective “Roman” is used in multifaceted ways, evoking a sense of historical grandeur, legal precision, and cultural identity. Authors reference Roman law and institutions ([1], [2], [3]) to highlight the organizational and judicial achievements of ancient society, while also portraying characters defined by their citizenship or political roles, such as senators and generals ([4], [5], [6]). In historical narratives, “Roman” marks not only the military discipline and imperial power of an era ([7], [8], [9]) but also serves as a marker of social and cultural refinement, influencing language, customs, and even religious practices ([10], [11]). This varied use underscores how the term “Roman” has become a literary shorthand for both the lofty ideals and the inevitable decline of a legacy that continues to inform modern perceptions of authority and civilization ([12], [13]).
- This was furnished by the Roman law.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes - Idea Of The Roman Jurisprudence.—Part V.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - Scipio also did this on the Roman side.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 by Cassius Dio Cocceianus - He was a Roman senator and had been governor of Dalmatia and Cilicia; to the latter post Dio bore his father company (Books 49, 36; 69, 1; 72, 7).
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 by Cassius Dio Cocceianus - The Roman father? FRANK.
— from Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw - "Now, Ben, he was a Roman—let me tell," said Letty, using her elbow contentiously.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot - When Attila first gave audience to the Roman ambassadors on the banks of the Danube, his tent was encompassed with a formidable guard.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - From the Roman conquest to this final calamity, Syracuse, now dwindled to the primitive Isle of Ortygea, had insensibly declined.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - From that maritime city, frontier line of five hundred miles may be drawn to the fortress of Circesium, the last Roman station on the Euphrates.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - Holy oil was much used in the services, as in the Roman Catholic Church at the present time.
— from English Villages by P. H. Ditchfield - The Roman See was at this time filled by Boniface VIII.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri - From the Vatican as a centre this barbarous system of superstition seems to have spread to other parts of the Roman empire.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer - ose personal qualities the happiness or misery of the Roman world must ultimately depend.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
