Native of Italy's capital (5)

I believe the answer is:

roman

(Other definitions for roman that I've seen before include "Ancient Italian" , "Caesar, for instance" , "Like the English alphabet" , "A novel" , "Italian person" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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