罗,或吉普赛复数罗马任何成员的人起源于印度北部,但现在居住在世界范围内,主要是在欧洲。最说吉普赛语除了当地的语言。人们认为罗马组织离开印度连续迁移,达到15世纪的西欧。他们在20世纪传播到北美和南美和澳大利亚。因为他们经常游牧和边缘化的生活,人口数据大多猜测;估计在21世纪初从两到三百万。他们往往被迫害和骚扰;纳粹杀害了约400000名罗姆人灭绝集中营。有多少罗马保留游牧的生活方式还不清楚,但是那些这么做至少季节性迁移的路线,无视国界。他们追求职业兼容游牧的生活。过去他们常常牲畜交易员、操控,算命先生,和艺人; today they are often car mechanics, auto-body repairmen, and workers in traveling circuses and amusement parks. Confederations of 10–100 families elect chieftains for life, but their title is not heritable. Women are organized as a group within the confederation and represented by a senior woman. Modern Roma culture faces erosion from urban influences; integrated housing, economic independence, and intermarriage with non-Roma have weakened Roma law.