A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ROMAN

Sun, 15 Mar '26
___ Empire
Sun, 24 Nov '24
Like Hadrian's Wall in northern England
Tue, 7 May '24
Caesar or Cicero
Tue, 29 Aug '23
Like Venus, but not Aphrodite
Mon, 22 May '23
Like the numerals I, V, X, L, etc.
Mon, 16 Aug '21
Like I, for one?