Roman
A Roman or Romans is a thing or person of or from the city of Rome
Roman or Romans may also refer to:
History
- Roman Kingdom (753 BC to 509 BC)
- Roman Republic (509 BC to 27 BC)
- Roman Empire (27 BC to 476/1453 AD)
- Roman Britain, part of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and about 410
- Ancient Roman cuisine
- Ancient Roman sarcophagi
- Roman alphabet or Latin alphabet
- Roman architecture
- Roman army
- Roman calendar
- Roman numerals
- Roman currency
- Roman economy
- Roman finance
- Roman funerary practices
- Roman law, the legal system of both the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
- Roman mosaic, a tiled mural or floor from the Roman period, using tesserae, or miniature square tiles
- Roman mythology
- Roman navy
- Roman roads
- Roman temple
- Roman villa, a high status country house of the Roman period
The Romans (Doctor Who)
The Romans is the fourth serial of the second season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 16 January to 6 February 1965. The story is set during the era of the Roman Empire in the reign of Nero.
Plot
With the TARDIS stuck at the bottom of a cliff, the four time travellers have installed themselves in an unoccupied Roman villa. As the Doctor and Ian recline, Barbara and Vicki walk to a nearby Roman village. They are spotted by two slave traders, Didius and Sevcheria. When they return to the villa the Doctor announces that he is off to Rome, some miles away, and will travel there with Vicki. Later that evening Barbara and Ian, now alone, are relaxing when the two slavers burst in upon them. They are soon overpowered and taken prisoner. Ian is sold to one slave owner, while Barbara is to be traded with another and sent to Rome.
The Doctor and Vicki are en route for Rome when they find the murdered body of a lyre player named Maximus Pettulian. The Doctor is holding the man’s lyre when a centurion arrives and mistakes him for the dead man who is late for an engagement in Rome. The centurion accompanies them to Assisium. Once there, the centurion contacts the assassin Ascaris, who killed the real Pettulian, and instructs him to kill the Doctor.
