Roman (Hungarian: Románvásár, German: Romanvarasch) is a town in Moldavia, Romania, with a population of 69,483. It is located 46 Km East of Piatra Neamţ, in the Neamţ county at the confluence of Siret and Moldova rivers. Its Town Hall is placed at 46 degrees and 55' lat. N, 26 degrees and 55' long. E. Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... Piatra NeamÅ£ (population: 105,000) is the main city of NeamÅ£ county, Moldavia, Romania. ... NeamÅ£ is a county (judeÅ£) in the North of Romania, in the Moldavia region, with the capital city at Piatra NeamÅ£ (population: 125,050). ... The Siret River is a river that rises from the Carpathians in the Northern Bukovina region of the Ukraine, flows southward into Romania for 470 km before it joins Danube. ... Moldova river is a river of the Moldavia region of Romania, which rises from the Obcine of Bukovina in Suceava county. ...

It is thought that the name was taken from the Moldavian Domnitor Roman I Musat (1392-1394), believed to be its founder. Roman's first son was Alexander cel Bun(1400-1432). Domnitor (pl. ... Alexandru cel Bun Alexandru cel Bun on a Moldovan coin Alexandru cel Bun (Alexandru I MuÅŸat, Alexander the Kind) was the ruler of Moldavia 1400-1432, son of Roman I MuÅŸat. ...

History

• 1234 One of the official Catholic acts mentions one of the so-called schismatic bishops (orthodox) as being placed on the spot where the town now is placed.
• The earliest appearance of the name can be found in the Novgorod Chronicle, dated between 1387 - 1392.
• 1392 It is mentioned in a Moldavian document, signed by Moldavia's Domn (Domn from latin Dominus) Roman the I-st, on March 30.
• 1408 On September 14, Alexandru cel Bun (Alexander the Good) established a bishopric.
• 1412 The representants of the catholic inhabitants of Roman, shepherded by the Baia bishop, attend the Council of Constance.
• Ştefan cel Mare (Stephen the Greater) build a new stone fortress on the left bank of the Siret river, to replace the old earthen fortress.
• 1458, 1465, 1488 Ştefan cel Mare mentions the bishopal church of Saint Parascheva in his official acts.
• 1467 The fortress resists the siege of Hungaro-Transylvanian army of Matthias Corvinus.
• 1476 A Turkish army, led by Mohamed II, siege the new fortress; moldavians retreat.
• 1542 Petru Rareş orders the construction of a new bishopal residence, on the same place.
• 1561 - 1563 The last mentions of the old fortress, during the reign of Despot Voda (Ioan Iacob Eraclid).
• 1562 Ioan Belusiuş, an agent of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, writes from Roman to his master reporting the restoration of the catholics' rights by Despot-Vodă (Ioan Iacob Eraclid) after the interdictions imposed by Alexandru Lăpuşneanu.
• 1558 On September 13, Johannes Künig, a Jesuit missionary, writes to the head of Jesuits, Claudius Aquaviva, describing the town as dominated by Orthodox Romanians. He adds that there are also Armeninans and Gypsies and that the handful of Catholic Hungarians and Germans are not interested in joining a church where the priests didn't speak their language.
• 1623 The franciscan missionary Andreas Bogoslavici writes to Rome describing Roman's Catholics as Hungarian that usually speak Romanian. The Catholics have a church dedicated to Saint Peter.
• 1641 The vicar of Sofia, visiting Roman, counts 1500 Romanian Orthodox, 450 Armenian Orthodox and 30 Hungarian Catholics. The Armenians have their own church, still in place these days.
• 1665 - 1671 Bishop Dosoftei translates in Romanian the Versified Psalms.
• 1675 The newer stone fortress is auto-destroyed by Dumitraşcu Cantacuzino, as all the other fortresses in Moldavia, by turkish order.
• 1691 In December, Miron Costin, one of the first Romanian historians and writers, is decapitated at the orders of Constantin Cantemir (the famous Dimitrie Cantemir is Constantin's son). He was in custody, on the road from Bărboşi to Iaşi, where he hoped he could prove his innocence. A few days earlier, the chronicler brother was killed at Iaşi, suspected of trying to become the ruler of Moldova. The statue marking the place is now obscured by a blue glass pyramid near the Roman Hotel.
• 1869 The second railway of the new Romanian principate opens in December. It was running from Roman to Iţcani (northern railway station of Suceava). On December 15 the railway station, still in use today, is opened to the public.
• 1870 On December 27, the railway from Bucharest to Roman through Buzău, Brăila, Galaţi, Tecuci, Mărăşeşti was opened to the public. Later it was closed for two years due to technical problems and was reestablished on September 13, 1872.
• 1872 After a reluctant government gave its long-waited approval, the first high school, "Roman-Vodă", is opened on September 30 on the building of the School No. 1, which is still in use today.
• 1897 The government approves the construction of a new building for the "Roman-Vodă" high school.
• 1957 The steel tubes factory, now known as Mittal Steel Roman S.A., starts production. Today is the first romanian producer.
• 1962 The Museum of Natural Sciences was founded.
• 1968 Roman, centre of Roman county, became part of the new Neamţ communist county, as part of Nicolae Ceauşescu's "administrative reform."
• 1989 After the revolution, some of the people of Roman wanted to restore the county's old borders, but the new regime from Bucharest was against the recreation of a Roman county.
• 1993 The statue of Roman Vodă, now a symbol of the town, was erected near the Town Hall.
• 2004 Another statue was build at the town entrance from Bacau it is the statue of Stefan cel Mare (Stephen the Greater) (1457-1504), the most important romanian political leader.

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External links

• [1] (with interesting old photos)
• [2] (only in Romanian)