What does "rhomaian" mean?

Of or pertaining to the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) empire.

What is a synonym for "rhomaian"?

Common synonyms include: rhomaean, roman, roman.

Rhomaian

adj

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Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) empire. rare
"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."

Synonyms

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rhomaean roman roman

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"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."

Etymology

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

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