Variety of Romans in a small republic (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
san marino
'small republic' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'variety of romans in a' is the wordplay.
'variety of' indicates anagramming the letters.
'romans'+'in'+'a'='romansina'
'romansina' with letters rearranged gives 'SAN MARINO'.
(Other definitions for san marino that I've seen before include "place with no coast" , "Smallest Eur. republic" , "Small state within Italy" , "Romanians (anag) - European enclave" , "Small republic completely within Italy" .)