Rhomaian

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adjective

Of or pertaining to the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) empire; alternative form of Romaean.

OriginAncient Greek Ῥωμαῖος →
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Meanings

adjectiveRhomaian (comparative more Rhomaian, superlative most Rhomaian)

comparative more Rhomaian · superlative most Rhomaian

  1. rarehistoriographyOf or pertaining to the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) empire; alternative form of Romaean.

    Procopius’s introduction to his Vandal War is a good example of the Roman (or Rhomaian) ethnographical point of view. Even after a century of barbarian rule in Africa or Italy, a Roman intellectual classed kings and elites according to barbarian groupings.

    R. Steinacher, ‘Who is the Barbarian? Considerations on the Vandal Royal Title’, in: W. Pohl en G. Heydemann (ed.), Post-Roman Transitions: Christian and Barbarian Identities in the Early Medieval West (Turnhout 2013) 437-485, quote on page 439

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
rhomaeanroman

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekῬωμαῖος
  2. EnglishRhomaian

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos) + -an, referring to the autonym used by Grecophone writers in the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) Empire.

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APA

Rhomaian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rhomaian

MLA

“Rhomaian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rhomaian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rhomaian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rhomaian.

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