ROMNY 



ROMULUS 



against the encroachment of the 

 sea by an earthen embankment 

 stretching from New Romney to 

 Hythe. Managed by a corporation, 

 it contains several villages. 



Roomy OB ROMEN. Town of S 

 Russia. It is in the govt., and 

 100 m. N.W., of Poltava, at the 

 junction of the Romen and the 

 Sula on the Labau-Romny rly. 

 The chief industries are the manu- 

 facture of leather goods, boots and 

 shoes, tobacco, and agricultural 

 machines. Pop. 23,000. 



Romo. Danish island in the N. 

 Sea. One of the N. Frisian group, 

 off the coSs^pf Sleavig, it is 9| m. 

 from N. to STand 3 m. from E. to 

 W. Kongsmark and Kirkeby vil- 

 lages are on the E. shore, and 

 Lakolk, a sea-bathing resort, on the 

 W. Pop. 1,200. 



Romola. Historical romance 

 by George Eliot. First published 

 serially in The Cornhill Magazine, 

 July, 1862-Aug., 1863, it was issued 

 in book form in the latter year. 

 The scene is laid in Florence at the 

 end of the 15th century, and in the 

 book is introduced the story of 

 Savonarola's career and martyr- 

 dom. It is a very close and de- 

 tailed account of Florentine history. 



Romorantin. Town of France. 

 In the dept. of Loir-et-Cher, it 

 stands at the confluence of the 

 Sauldre and the Morantin, 37 m. 

 N.W. of Bourges. There are cloth 

 and cotton factories and oil re- 

 fineries. Romorantin was formerly 

 the capital of Sologne and be- 

 longed to the counts de Blois in 

 the 12th century. It was captured 

 by the Black Prince in 1356. In 

 the 15th century it passed to the 

 dukes of Orleans, and later to the 

 dukes of Angouleme. The cele- 

 brated edict of Romorantin in 1560 

 prevented the establishment of the 

 Inquisition in France. Pop. 8.000. 



Roxnsdal. Valley of the Rauma, 

 central Norway. It runs S.E. from 

 the S. arm of the Romsdal Fiord, 

 and is dominated by the Roms- 

 dalshorn, 5,095 ft., and the Troll- 

 tinder (witch needles), some 6,000 

 ft. high. Aandalsnea, at the head 

 of the fiord, is the terminus of the 

 road up the valley and across the 

 plateau to the Gudbransdal, where- 

 in is the new trunk rly. from 

 Christiania to Trondhjem. In the 

 valley are wild reindeer. Cod and 

 herring fishing is carried on. 



Romsey. Mun. borough and 

 market town of Hampshire, Eng- 

 land. It stands on the Test, 10 m. 

 from Southampton, with a station 

 on the L. & S.W. Rly. The chief 

 building is the beautiful church, 

 originally that of a Benedictine 

 nunnery. Dedicated to S. Mary, 

 its proportions resemble those of a 

 cathedral ; it is almost entirely 



of Mars by Rhea 

 Silvia, daughter 

 of Numitor, son 

 of the last king 

 of Alba Longa. 

 N u m i t o r ' s 

 brother Amulius 

 had made Rhea a 

 vestal virgin 

 vowed to per- 

 petual chastity, 

 ?othat sheshould 

 have no children 

 to claim the 



Norman in style, 



a n d is regarded 



as perhaps the 



finest building of 



its kind in the 



country. There 



are an agricul- 

 tural trade and 



manufactures of 



paperandleather. 



Romsey grew up 



arounda religious 



house for women 



founded by 



Edward the 



Elder about 910, 



and governed by 



the abbess. It be- 



became a chartered town in 1608, 



and was a centre of the woollen 



trade. Near is Broadlands, once the 

 seat of Lord Pal- 

 merston. Market 

 day, Thurs. (alter- 

 nate). Pop. 4,700. 

 Romulian 

 Calendar. Divi- 

 sion of the Ro- 

 man year, tra- 

 dition a 1 1 v as- 

 cribed to Romu- 

 lus, and divided into ten months 



only, comprising in all 304 days. 



In the reign of Numa two more 



months were added. See Calendar ; 



consult also The Calendar, A. 



Philip, 1921. 

 Romulus. In ancient Roman 



legend, the founder of the city of 



Rome. He was represented as a son 



Romsey borough 

 seal 



Romulus, legen- 

 dary founder of 

 Rome 



From tt coin. 



Romsey, Hampshire. Old Swan Inn and Church 



Street ; top. left, abbey church of S. Mary, from the 



south-east 



Frith A Valentine 



throne which he bad seized. 

 When her twin sons Romulus 

 and Remus were born, mother and 

 children were cast into the river by 

 order of Amu- 

 lius. The chil- 

 dren in their 

 cradle drifted 

 ashore and 

 were suckled 

 by a she-wolt. 

 Discovered by 

 a shepherd, 

 the boys were 

 brought up by 

 him, and on 

 reaching man- 

 hood slew the 



usurper Amulius and reinstated 

 their mother's father Numitor. 



They then proceeded to found a 

 city on the Palatine Hill, and 

 when the wall? 

 were b u i 1 * 

 Remus leapt over 

 the walls to show 

 his contempt tor 

 them. This so 

 enraged Romu- 

 lus that he killed 

 his brother. A 

 motley crowd 

 gathered round 

 him in the new 

 city, and in order 

 to provide his 

 people with wives 

 Romulus invited 

 the Sabines 

 to join them in 



Romsdal, Norway. Valley of the Rauma. looking 

 towards Stuefloten 



