Romanitas
Roman cultural identity / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the culture of Ancient Rome. For the alternate history fiction by Sophia McDougall, see Romanitas (novel).
Romanitas is the collection of political and cultural concepts and practices by which the Romans defined themselves. It is a Latin word, first coined in the third century AD, meaning "Roman-ness" and has been used by modern historians as shorthand to refer to Roman identity and self-image.