Roman

• Adj

  1. Of or from Rome.
  2. Of or from the Roman Empire.
  3. Of or from the Byzantine Empire.
  4. Of noble countenance but with little facial expression.
  5. Supporting the characters of the Latin alphabet.
  6. (colloquial) Used to distinguish a Roman numeral from an Arabic numeral in oral discourse.
  7. A font that is upright, as opposed to oblique or italic. (See roman font.)
  8. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.
  9. Of a style characterised by the size and boldness of its round arches and vaults, and having baths, aqueducts, basilicas, amphitheatres, etc.

• Noun
• Name

commerce

• Noun

  1. The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.
  2. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
  3. (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
  4. An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.

• Verb

allowed

• Verb

  simple past and past participle of allow

• Adj

its

• Det

  Belonging to it.

• Pron
• Contraction
• Noun

empire

• Noun

  1. A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.
  2. A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
  3. The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.
  4. An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
  5. control, dominion, sway.

• Adj

flourish

• Verb

  1. To thrive or grow well.
  2. To prosper or fare well.
  3. To be in a period of greatest influence.
  4. To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
  5. To make bold, sweeping movements with.
  6. To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
  7. To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
  8. To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
  9. To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
  10. To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
  11. (obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
  12. To brandish (a weapon).

• Noun

and

• Conj

  1. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  2. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  3. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  4. (obsolete) As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  5. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  6. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  7. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  8. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  9. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  10. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  11. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  12. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  13. Expressing a condition.
  14. (obsolete) Expressing a condition.
  15. Connecting two well-formed formulas to create a new well-formed formula that requires it to only be true when both of the two formulas are true.

• Noun
• Noun
• Verb

endure

1. To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
2. To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
3. To last.
4. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
5. To suffer patiently.
6. (obsolete) To indurate.