Urban topography of the town Roman is of great interest for various categories of specialists: historians, archaeologists, architects etc. The oldest known city plans are dating from the 19^th century. In the Russian State Military-Historical Archive of Moscow, the author has discovered two color plans, more ancient ones than this town, which reflected the urban topography of Roman in 1770-1771. The first topographic plan was drawn in 1770 by order of the engineer General-Major Hilarion Matveevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov. The indications show roads, residential areas, monasteries and churches (Episcopal monastery of St. Paraskeva, "Precista Mare" monastery, "Precista Micǎ" church, St. George church, St. Nicholas church, White church etc.). There is also an indication regarding the existing fortifications of the town and the project of the new bastion fortress, encircling the Cishopric monastery of St. Paraskeva. The new fortress is amplified by redans and tenailles. The second topographic plan was drawn by engineer Ioan Borisov in 1771. This plan contains information about the road network, the town's main objects, as well as details about the newly built bastion fortress. It replaces the old trenches dug in 1739, made by order of the Russian Field Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich. Apparently this earth fortress was abandoned and ruined after the Russian army had left those places.