Sentence examples for of roman origin from inspiring English sources

The modern-day Cheadle Road was originally known as Street Lane, and may be of Roman origin.

Some of Cardiff is of Roman origin.

Of Roman origin, the town was taken from the Byzantines by the Normans, who, for a period, made it their capital.

Of Roman origin, it was referred to in 557 as Compendium, a name derived from a word meaning "short cut" (between Beauvais and Soissons).

For instance, Dr. Ammerman found that the second-century walkway, probably of Roman origin, had been erected near the edge of the island about 20 inches above what was then the sea level.

For centuries, most of the ruins visible at Sardis have been of Roman origin, notably the magnificent baths and gymnasium near the main highway through the current village of Sart.

They also elaborated a modern, ethnic idea of nationhood based on the theory of Roman origins and the continuous presence of the Daco-Romans in Dacia since Trajan's conquest.

Lake Homs, impounded by a huge dam of Roman origins, is to the southwest, lying some 125 km south of Aleppo and 34 km south of Hama, halfway on the road between the capital Damascus and Aleppo.

Selvo supposedly belonged to a family in the patrician class from the sestiere of Dorsoduro who were allegedly of ancient Roman origin, possibly from one of the tribunes.

Other subjects touched on include the invention of culture, the Roman origin of such modern institutions as weekly piano lessons, the invention of the printing press, and the evolution of Cash Man and Cheek Man.

When applied to Archaic Greece, it should not necessarily be taken to imply the state-sponsored sending out of definite numbers of settlers, as the later Roman origin of the word implies.