罗马字体英文是roman type。
罗马的英文跟其他国家的英文有着不一样的发展史，罗马的英文字体是由拉丁语演变而来的，拉丁语在古罗马开始出现，但是由于其复杂性和语法的古老，当时的人很难掌握并运用。后来经历了文艺复兴、宗教改革后，罗马人不断研究创新，将拉丁字母不断更改，创造出了罗马字母。
罗马体起源
罗马体根据古罗马时代，在建筑上的铭文而设计，其特色为直立、正写。起源于14世纪，当时为神圣罗马帝国时代。在文艺复兴时期，罗马体与意大利体成为两大主要印刷字形。
在与无衬线体（ sanserif）、哥特体（blackletter）等对立时，罗马体是指来源于古罗马碑文的，具有爪状衬线的字体。
欧洲国家的英文名字（附首都名）
阿尔巴尼亚 Albania 地拉那 Tirana
奥地利 Austria 维也纳 Vienna
比利时 Belgium 布鲁塞尔 Brussels
保加利亚 Bulgaria 索非亚 Sofia
克罗地亚 Croatia 萨格勒布 Zagreb
塞浦路斯 Cyprus 尼克西亚 Nicosia
丹麦 Denmark 哥本哈根 Copenhagen
芬兰 Finland 赫尔辛基 Helsinki
法国 France 巴黎 Paris
德国 Germany 柏林 Berlin
希腊 Greece 雅典 Athens
匈牙利 Hungary 布达佩斯 Budapest
冰岛 Iceland 雷克亚未克 Reykjavik
爱尔兰 Ireland 都柏林 Dublin
意大利 Italy 罗马 Rome
列支敦士登 Liechtenstein 瓦杜兹 Vaduz
卢森堡 Luxembourg 卢森堡 Luxembourg
马其顿 Macedonia Skopje
马耳他 Malta 瓦莱塔 Valletta
摩纳哥 Monaco 摩纳哥 Monaco
荷兰 Netherlands 阿姆斯特丹 Amsterdam
挪威 Norway 奥斯陆 Oslo
波兰 Poland 华沙 Warsaw
葡萄牙 Portugal 里斯本 Lisbon
罗马尼亚 Romania 布加勒斯特 Bucharest
俄罗斯 Russia 莫斯科 Moscow
圣马利诺 San Marino 圣马力诺 San Marino
斯洛文尼亚 Slovenia Ljubljana
西班牙 Spain 马德里 Madrid
瑞典 Sweden 斯德哥尔摩 Stockholm
瑞士 Switzerland 伯尔尼 Bern
英国 United Kingdom 伦敦 London
南斯拉夫 Yugoslavia 贝尔格莱德 Belgrade
Rome, Ital Roma, city (1991 pop 2,775,250), capital of Italy and see of the pope, whose residence, Vatican City, is a sovereign state within the city of Rome Rome is also the capital of Latium, a region of central Italy, and of Rome prov It lies on both banks of the Tiber and its affluent, the Aniene, in the Campagna di Roma, between the Apennine Mts and the Tyrrhenian Sea Called the Eternal City, it is one of the world's richest cities in history and art and one of its great cultural, religious, and intellectual centers
The rise of Rome from an insignificant pastoral settlement to perhaps the world's most successful empire—supreme as a lawgiver and organizer, holding sway over virtually all the then-known world W of Persia, on which it left a permanent imprint of its material and cultural achievements—is one of the great epics of history Whatever its fortunes throughout history, Rome has remained the symbol of European civilization Because of the complexity of the subject matter, the following article is divided into several sections, and additional information will be found in the articles to which there are cross references See also Roman art; Roman architecture; Latin literature; Roman religion
The Modern City
In the past half century Rome has expanded well beyond the walls started in the 3d cent by Emperor Aurelian, and it now extends north to the Aniene Long sections of the ancient walls have been preserved, however, and archaeology remains an essential element of modern city-planning in Rome Ancient marble columns and ruins rising beside modern apartments and offices, noisy boulevards, and luxurious villas and gardens characterize the modern city of Rome As in ancient times, the larger section of Rome lies on the left bank of the Tiber, which intersects the city in three wide curves and is spanned by over 20 bridges
Economy
As in ancient times Rome is a center of transportation It is the focus of international traffic by road, rail, sea (at the port of Civitavecchia), and air (at Leonardo da Vinci international airport at Fiumicino) and is as well a cultural, religious, political, and commercial center of international importance Public transportation in Rome is provided by an elaborate bus system A subway, the Metropolitana, was opened in 1955 Rome's large number of automobiles has caused serious traffic congestion, and in the 1970s and 80s various attempts were made to deal with the problem, including the banning of traffic in certain parts of the city The economy of Rome depends to a very large extent on the tourist trade The city is also a center of banking, insurance, printing, publishing, and fashion Italy's movie industry (founded in 1936) is located at nearby Cinecitta
Landmarks and Institutions
Aside from modern residential quarters, the right-bank section of Rome contains Vatican City, including Saint Peter's Church, the Castel Sant' Angelo, and the ancient quarter of Trastevere In describing the larger left-bank section one may use the Piazza Venezia, a central square, as a convenient point of departure It lies at the foot of the old Capitol (see Capitoline Hill) and borders on the huge monument to King Victor Emmanuel II and on the Palazzo Venezia, a Renaissance palace from the balcony of which Mussolini used to address the crowds A broad avenue, the Via dei Fori Imperiali, runs from the Piazza Venezia SE to the Colosseum, leaving the Emperors' Fora and at a distance the Church of St Peter in Chains (San Pietro in Vincoli) to the left, and the Capitol and the ancient Forum to the right From the Colosseum the Via di San Gregorio continues south past the Arch of Constantine and the Baths of Caracalla to the Appian Way There, as in other places on the outskirts of Rome, are large catacombs From the Piazza Venezia another modern thoroughfare, the Via del Mare, leads southwestward to the Tiber and then east past the Basilica of St Paul's Outside the Walls (San Paolo fuori le Mure) to Ostia, Rome's ancient port now blocked by silt, to the sea at Lido di Roma
The narrow and busy Via del Corso leads N from the Piazza Venezia past the Piazza Colonna (now the heart of Rome) to the Piazza del Popolo at the gate of the old Flaminian Way East of the Piazza del Popolo are the Pincian Hill, commanding one of the finest views of Rome, and the famous Borghese Villa In the widest westward bend of the Tiber, W of the Via del Corso, is the Campo Marzio quarter (anciently, Campus Martius), where most of the medieval buildings are located; there also are the Pantheon (now a church) and the parliament buildings To the east of the Via del Corso the fashionable Via Condotti leads to the Piazza di Spagna; a flight of 132 steps ascends from that square to the Church of the Santa Trinità dei Monti and the Villa Medici The Quirinal palace is NE of the Piazza Venezia In the southeastern section, near the gate of San Giovanni, are the Lateran buildings
As an educational center Rome possesses—aside from the Univ of Rome (founded 1303)—the colleges of the church, several academies of fine arts, and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia (founded 1584), the world's oldest academy of music The opera house is one of Europe's grandest The various institutes of the Univ of Rome were formerly scattered throughout the city but were transferred in 1935 to the northeastern section
Among the countless churches of Rome there are five patriarchal basilicas—St Peter's, St John Lateran, St Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore), St Lawrence Outside the Walls, and St Paul's Outside the Walls With the exception of St Mary Major, the basilicas and other ancient churches occupy the sites of martyrs' tombs Characteristic of the old Roman churches are their fine mosaics (4th–12th cent) and the use of colored marble for decoration, introduced in the 12th cent by the workers in marble known as Cosmati Rome's first mosque opened in 1995
Among Rome's many palaces and villas the Farnese Palace (begun 1514) and the Farnesina (1508–11) are particularly famous; others, all dating from the 17th cent, are those of the great Roman families, the Colonna, Chigi, Torlonia, and Doria Rome is celebrated for its beautiful Renaissance and baroque fountains, such as the ornate Fontana di Trevi (18th cent) Its richest museums and libraries are in the Vatican Others include the National (in the Villa Giulia), Capitoline, and Torlonia museums, notable for their antiquities; and the Borghese, Corsini, Doria, and Colonna collections of paintings
Rome before Augustus
Ancient Rome was built on the east, or left, bank of the Tiber on elevations (now much less prominent) emerging from the marshy lowlands of the Campagna The seven hills of the ancient city are the Palatine, roughly in the center, with the Capitoline to the northwest and the Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, and Aventine in an outlying north-southwest curve The Pincian, N of the Quirinal, is not included among the seven In the westward bend of the Tiber, W of the Quirinal, lies the Martian Field (Campus Martius), facing the Vatican across the Tiber On the side of the Tiber opposite the Palatine is the Janiculum, a ridge running north and south, which was fortified in early times
Early in the first millennium BC the Tiber divided the Italic peoples from the Etruscans in the north and west (see Etruscan civilization) Not far to the north were the borders between the Sabines and the Latins; the Sabines were closely related to Roman life from the very beginning The hills of Rome, free from the malaria that had been the bane of the low-lying plains of Latium, were a healthful and relatively safe place to live and a meeting ground for Latins, Sabines, and Etruscans In the 8th cent BC, the fortified elevation of the Palatine was probably taken by Etruscans, who amalgamated the tiny hamlets about the Palatine into a city-state Tradition tells of the founding of Rome by Romulus in 753 BC (hence the dating ab urbe condita, or AUC, ie, from the founding of the city), and of the Tarquin family, the Etruscan royal house It was probably Etruscan rule that civilized Rome and gave it the hegemony of Latium
The Roman Republic
The Romans overthrew their foreign rulers c500 BC and established the Roman republic, which lasted four centuries The patrician class controlled the government, but the plebs (who comprised by far the major portion of the population) were allowed to elect the two patrician consuls, who held joint power The vitality of the patricians was remarkable, and long after political power had been granted to the plebs, experienced patricians continued to govern Rome
As the majority realized its power and the aristocracy continued its rule, the people demanded (and received) privilege after privilege; the greatest were the election of plebeian tribunes (see tribune) and the codification (c450 BC) of the Twelve Tables With the growth of the city, multiplication of consular duties called for new officials: quaestor, praetor, and censor The three popular assemblies, or comitia, developed slowly, but they quietly abstracted legislative power from the patricians The ancient senate, theoretically the supreme power of the state, became more and more powerful until in the 3d cent BC it controlled the consuls completely
Although the Roman republic was never a true democracy, historians have modified the traditional view that it was the tool of a powerful aristocracy and have acknowledged that the system had open aspects beyond the control of the ruling class It remains true, however, that it was under senatorial administration that Rome began its march to world supremacy and that in the end the senate was crushed under the weight of the huge problems of empire
The Subduing of Italy
In the 4th cent BC, Rome extended its influence over W Latium and S Etruria; during the course of that century and the next, Rome came in full contact with Greek culture, which modified Roman life tremendously The idea of the old Roman courage and morality, however, was kept alive by such staunch conservatives as Cato the Elder The power of the city may be inferred from the tremendous impression the sack of Rome (390 BC) by the Gauls made in subsequent times
The Samnites were subdued in the wars dated conventionally 343–341 BC, 326–304 BC, and 298–290 BC, and the inhabitants of Picenum, Umbria, Apulia, Lucania, and Etruria were pacified The Roman policy in subduing Italy was that of a master toward slaves Tarentum, besieged by the Romans, called for the aid of Pyrrhus of Epirus; he won victories at Heraclea (280 BC) and Asculum (279 BC), but after a dispute with his Italian allies he returned to Greece, leaving the Romans masters of central and S Italy
Conquests Overseas and to the East
Rome, previously a continental power, began to look seaward in the 3d cent BC Sicily, a granary of the ancient world, was an obvious goal, but Rome's rapid conquests could not continue there without meeting the like ambitions of Carthage, which ruled the W Mediterranean The Punic Wars were thus inevitable, and in this titanic struggle the fate of Carthage and the destiny of Rome were decided Although Carthage had the great general Hannibal, Rome fought with the resources of Italy behind it and had such leaders as Scipio Africanus Major Rome gained from the Punic Wars dominion over Spain, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, and the northern shores of Africa, indisputable hegemony in the Mediterranean, and an insatiable desire for conquest
With Carthage humbled, the Roman republic turned its attention eastward Philip V of Macedon was defeated after two campaigns (215–205 BC, 200–197 BC), and Antiochus III of Syria was conquered at Magnesia (190 BC); eventually the defeat of Perseus (171–168 BC) made Macedonia a Roman province Greece did not become a Roman province, but the brief opposition of the Achaean League was disposed of, and the Greeks became subject to Rome Egypt acknowledged vassalship to the republic in 168 BC
Effects of Expansion
The rapid expansion of Roman dominion, however, had terrible effects at home The provinces were governed by the senate for the benefit not of Rome but of the senatorial class; enormous wealth (by graft and by trade) flowed into the hands of the senators, who used it exclusively to their own advantage The equites (see knight), a class of financiers, came into its own through management of imperial trade Class dissension was rife, and in spite of agrarian laws the masses were daily more dissatisfied The slaves in Sicily rebelled twice (c134–132 BC, c104–101 BC), and the Gracchus brothers in a political victory tried to make the populace more powerful, but such defiance was to no avail Massacres and incredible barbarities disposed of the slaves' restlessness, and the Gracchi were assassinated (133 and 121 BC)
Marius defeated Jugurtha (106 BC) and the Cimbri and the Teutons (101 BC), and he heralded a new era by definitively introducing Roman arms into Transalpine Gaul Rome was forced by the Social War (90–88 BC) to extend citizenship widely in Italy, but the republic was nevertheless doomed A slave revolt led by Spartacus was put down mercilessly Marius, the idol of the populace, used proscription to rid himself of his foes, but Sulla, a conservative, destroyed Marius' party by the same method
Julius Caesar
After Sulla's retirement his lieutenant Pompey emerged as a popular champion He abolished some of Sulla's reactionary measures, suppressed Mediterranean piracy, and made himself master of Rome His defeat of Mithradates VI brought Pontus, Syria, and Phoenicia under Roman dominion
On Pompey's return from the East, he found an ally for his ambitions in Julius Caesar, a popular democratic leader of the best patrician blood With Marcus Licinius Crassus to furnish the funds, Pompey and Caesar formed the First Triumvirate (60 BC), and Caesar departed to make himself immortal in the Gallic Wars Within ten years Caesar and Pompey fell out; Pompey joined the senatorial party, and Caesar (as the champion of the people and of republican legality) led his devoted army against Pompey Pharsalus was the result (48 BC), and Caesar was master of Rome
He governed through the old institutions, with wisdom and vigor His territorial additions were the most important ever made, for his conquest and organization of Gaul placed Rome in the role of civilizer of barbarians as well as ruler of the older world The age of Caesar was a great period in Roman culture, and the cosmopolitan Roman was considered the ideal Greek was the language of much of the empire, and Greek literature became fashionable Even more influential was Greek thought, which served to destroy Roman religion and to open the Romans to the Eastern cults, which were enormously popular for years Cicero, an urbane lawyer and philosopher of broad culture, was typical of the period
At the death (44 BC) of Caesar, the territories ruled by Rome included Spain (except part of the northwest), Gaul, Italy, part of Illyria, Macedonia, Greece, W Asia Minor, Bithynia, Pontus, Cilicia, Syria, Cyrenaica, Numidia, and the islands of the sea, and Rome completely controlled Egypt and Palestine The rule of Caesar marked an epoch, for it completed the destruction of the republic and laid the foundations of the empire
The Roman Empire
Augustus and the Pax Romana
Caesar's assassination brought anarchy, out of which the Second Triumvirate emerged with the rule of Octavian (later Augustus), Antony, and Lepidus Octavian was Caesar's nephew, ward, and heir, and his true successor At Actium (31 BC) he defeated Antony and Cleopatra and made the empire one No change was made in the government, but Octavian received from the senate the title Augustus and from the people life tribuneship; this, with the governorship of all the provinces conferred by the senate, made him the real ruler He was called imperator [commander] and princeps [leader] and is usually considered the first Roman emperor (For a list of the Roman Emperors from Augustus to the fall of Rome and the years they reigned, see the table entitled Rulers of the Roman Empire)
Augustus organized provincial government and the army, rebuilt Rome, and patronized the arts and letters His rule began a long period (200 years) of peace, called the Pax Romana During this time the Roman Empire was the largest it would ever be; its boundaries included Armenia, middle Mesopotamia, the Arabian desert, the Red Sea, Nubia, the Sahara, the Moroccan mountain mass, the Atlantic Ocean, the Irish Sea, Scotland, the North Sea, the Rhine, the Danube, the Black Sea, and the Caucasus Augustus' chief additions to the empire were a strip along the North Sea W of the Elbe and part of the Danubian area
The blessings of peace were great for the empire The extensive system of Roman roads made transportation easier than it was again to be until the development of railroads A postal service was developed closely tied in with the organization of the army Commerce and industry were greatly developed, particularly by sea, over which grain ships carried food for Rome and the West from the ports of northern Africa The Roman Empire became under Augustus one great nation The enlarged view of the world made a great impression on Rome, where literary and artistic interests were of importance, although nearly always tending to imitation of Greece and of the East
Augustus died AD 14 and was succeeded by his stepson Tiberius; his general Germanicus Caesar fought fruitlessly in Germany Caligula, who followed, was a cruel tyrant (AD 37–AD 41); he was succeeded by Claudius I (AD 41–AD 54), who was dominated by his wives, but during his rule half of Britain was conquered (AD 43) In his time Thrace, Lydia, and Judaea were made Roman provinces His stepson Nero (AD 54–AD 68) was an unparalleled tyrant In his reign occurred the great fire of Rome (AD 64), attributed (probably falsely) to Nero; it burnt everything between the Caelian, the Palatine, and the Esquiline, but it was a boon to the city, for Nero moved the population to the right bank of the Tiber, then very thinly populated, and rebuilt the region with broader streets and great buildings
At that time an entirely new element, Christianity, made itself felt in Rome On Nero's orders a barbarous persecution took place in which many Christians died, among them St Peter and St Paul Throughout the Roman Empire the Christians expanded steadily for the next centuries Their conflict with the empire, which brought on them continual persecution, was chiefly a result of the Christian refusal to offer divine honors to the emperors But Christianity penetrated the army and the royal household in spite of the constant danger of detection and persecution There were many periods in the first three centuries when Christians worshiped openly, even in Rome, where the catacombs housed not only graves but also churches
With Nero the Julio-Claudian line ended There was a brief struggle (see Galba; Otho; Vitellius) before Vespasian (AD 69–AD 79) became emperor Under him his son Titus destroyed Jerusalem (AD 70); Titus then briefly succeeded his father After his mild, rather benign rule, his brother Domitian (AD 81–AD 96), a despot and persecutor of Christians, gained the empire In Domitian's reign Agricola conquered Britain almost entirely Domitian was unsuccessful in his dealings with the Daci and finally bought them off After Nerva came Trajan (AD 98–AD 117), one of the greatest of emperors Trajan undertook great public works, defeated the Daci and established Roman colonies there (in what is now modern
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