Romulianadj.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 745 Now vnto the female [wolfe] there are some peculiar ones [sc. Epithites] also, as inhuman, vngentle, martial, obscure, ranke, rauener, sanded, Romulian, greasie, terrible.

1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xiv. 303 Then, with Thaumantias, entering the high Romulian Hills, a starre shot from the skie, Whose golden beames inflam'd Hersilia's haire.

1752 J. Jackson Chronol. Antiq. II. 52 The ancient Year of the Romans..is by the old Roman Writers said always to have ended on the 23d Day of February, or the Month so called by Numa, and which was the last Month of the Alban and Romulian Year.

1761 Angelicus & Fergusia 27 All works of learning or wit, as also sermons, and other moral performances, have been composed in that or the Romulian language.

1842 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. 604 Six ancient Romulian years of 304 days each.

1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 676/1 Exposure or killing of a child by its father contrary to the Romulian rules.

1912 J. J. Christie Advance of Woman ii. 92 In the Romulian period, her [sc. woman's] freedom was unrestrained.

1945 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 35 30 The three ‘Romulian’ tribes of the Ramnenses, Titienses and Luceres.

2007 Italica (Nexis) 84 162 In the company of Petrarch and his rustic ‘Romulian’ abode, the dog clearly prefers the tranquility and simplicity of his new life.