Meanings
Ancient Rome1
proper noun
alternative ancient Rome
- The civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BCE to the 5th century CE and the Roman Empire centered on it.
ancient Rome2
proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Ancient Rome.
Houses in ancient Rome developed vertically rather than horizontally because of problems of overpopulation.
2002, Ivana Della Portella, translated by Richard Pierce, Subterranean Rome, Arsenale, →ISBN, page 1492 more examples
Ralph Aiken claimed that the dangerous “excess of leisure” that the masses now had could lead to united mobs upsetting “the constitutional order of things,” resulting in “turbulence in idleness without government assistance” and a chaotic society comparable to ancient Rome: “Like the ancient Romans, the modern idle will be doing what they should not do if they follow their natural tendencies.[…]”
2005, Susan Currell, The March of Spare Time: The Problem and Promise of Leisure in the Great Depression, University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 162Writing a chapter on ‘women’s daily life in ancient Rome’ is a challenge, since it involves three questionable categories: ‘women’, ‘daily life’ and ‘ancient Rome’. […] Lastly, the term ‘ancient Rome’ can be used for the city of Rome in antiquity and for the Roman world at large.
2016, Emily Hemelrijk, “Women’s daily life in the Roman west”, in Stephanie Lynn Budin, Jean MacIntosh Turfa, editors, Women in Antiquity: Real Women across the Ancient World, Routledge, →ISBN
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Translations
Arabic رُومَا الْقَدِيمَة
- رُومَا الْقَدِيمَة (rūmā l-qadīma)civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Bengali প্রাচীন রোম
- প্রাচীন রোম (pracin rōm)civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Bulgarian Дре́вен Рим
- Дре́вен Рим (Dréven Rim)civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Chinese Mandarin 古羅馬 /古罗马
- 古羅馬 /古罗马 (Gǔ Luómǎ)civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Czech Starověký Řím
- Starověký Římcivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Danish Antikkens Rom
- Antikkens Romcivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Dutch Oude Rome
- Oude Romecivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Esperanto Romio
- Romiocivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Estonian Vana-Rooma
- Vana-Roomacivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Finnish antiikin Rooma
- antiikin Roomacivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
French Rome antique
- Rome antiquecivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
German das alte Rom
- das alte Romcivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Greek Αρχαία Ρώμη
- Αρχαία Ρώμη (Archaía Rómi)civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Hebrew רומא העתיקה
- רומא העתיקה (róma ha-atiká)civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Hindi प्राचीन रोम
- प्राचीन रोम (prācīn rom)civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Hungarian ókori Róma
- ókori Rómacivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Icelandic Róm til forna
- Róm til fornacivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Indonesian Romawi Kuno
- Romawi Kunocivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Irish An tSean-Róimh
- An tSean-Róimhcivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Italian Roma antica, antica Roma
- Roma anticacivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
- antica Romacivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Japanese 古代ローマ
- 古代ローマ (Kodai Rōma)civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Korean 고대 로마
- 고대 로마 (Godae roma)civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Latin Roma antiqua
- Roma antiquacivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Latvian senā Roma
- senā Romacivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Lithuanian senovės Roma
- senovės Romacivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Malay Rom kuno
- Rom kunocivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Norwegian Bokmål Antikkens Roma
- Antikkens Romacivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Polish Starożytny Rzym
- Starożytny Rzymcivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Portuguese Roma Antiga
- Roma Antigacivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Romanian Roma Antică
- Roma Anticăcivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Russian Дре́вний Рим
- Дре́вний Рим (Drévnij Rim)civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Slovak Staroveký Rím
- Staroveký Rímcivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Spanish Antigua Roma
- Antigua Romacivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Swedish antikens Rom
- antikens Romcivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Tagalog Sinaunang Roma
- Sinaunang Romacivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Thai โรมโบราณ
- โรมโบราณ (room-boo-raan)civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Turkish Antik Roma
- Antik Romacivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Ukrainian Старода́вній Рим
- Старода́вній Рим (Starodávnij Rym)civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Urdu قَدِیم روم
- قَدِیم روم (qadīm rom)civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Vietnamese La Mã cổ đại
- La Mã cổ đạicivilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
Yiddish אוראַלט רוים
- אוראַלט רוים (uralt roym)civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD
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Ancient Rome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ancient%20Rome
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