Romes
See also: romes
English
Etymology
Rome + -s (“plural suffix”).
Proper noun
Romes
- (archaic) The city of Rome in Italy and the city of Constantinople (the "New Rome") taken together; the empire(s) ruled by these cities.
- 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, 13:
- Yet haue the Sarasins attempted both Romes; they haue besieged Constantinople, and haue wasted... the Sea coasts of Italy.
- 1999, G. Vallée, Shaping of Christianity, X 203:
- The weakening of the two Romes created the space for the emergence of both the Holy Roman Empire of the Franks and the Islamic Empire.
- 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, 13:
Anagrams
- Morse, Moser, meros, mesor, moers, mores, morse, omers, s'more, smore, somer