Sentence examples for roman character from inspiring English sources

The classical Roman character was adopted for the majuscules.

The resulting shortage of manpower affected several aspects of a state and society that perceptibly were losing their Roman character and assuming their Byzantine.

While majority opinion among scholars currently concurs with Mr. Heintz in accepting the Ancient Roman character of the Neumann group, there are still some naysayers.

The primary reason for Rome's success, according to Polybius, was the Roman character, as reflected in statesmanship, public spirit, and moderation toward defeated peoples.

In the settlements called coloniae all residents were to be Roman citizens, and the form of government and many other aspects of life specified in their charters bore a thoroughly Roman character.

For the nonspecialist, the testimony of history is even more convincing than the linguistic evidence: Roman occupation of Italy, the Iberian Peninsula, Gaul, and the Balkans accounts for the "Roman" character of the major Romance languages.

Claude's influence pervaded a whole strand of French painting that featured Ancient Roman characters.

It then offers an on-screen transliteration in Roman characters for proofreading.

IPA primarily uses Roman characters; other letters are borrowed from different scripts (e.g., Greek) and are modified to conform to Roman style.

Mr. Chuang, whose storefront awning features giant Chinese characters that dwarf the Roman characters above it, agreed that all signs should have some English.

As an actor, Kemble's tall and imposing figure, impressive countenance, and grave and solemn demeanour made him uniquely suited for the Roman characters in Shakespeare's plays.