Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife shi a Aușeu, Bihor County, a yankin Crișana, ya halarci makarantar firamare da sakandare a Beiuș da Oradea. Daga nan sai ya yi karatun falsafa, lissafi da ilimin tauhidi a Jami'ar Vienna. Bayan kammala karatunsa, Roman ya koma yankin sa, kuma an dauke shi aiki a makarantar motsa jiki ta Romania a Beiuș a 1849, a lokacin yakin basasa.
Juyin juya halin Hungary. Ya zama malamin farko da ya gudanar da darussa a cikin Romanian. A shekara ta 1851, ya zama farfesa na yaren Romaniya a makarantar koyon shari'a ta Oradea. A cikin 1862, bayan buƙatun da yawa, ya fara koyar da yaren Romania a Jami'ar Royal na Pest, yana kafa sashen yaren Romania da adabi. Ya shirya littafin koyar da yaren Romaniya don makarantun ƙauye, kuma ya ba da gudummawar labarai kan ilimin harshe da siyasa ga "Bucovina", "Gazeta Transilvaniei" da "Naționalul", na ƙarshe da ke zaune a Bucharest, babban birnin jihar Romania.