Sentence:  These were the statues which the <WSD>Romanophobe</WSD> Metrodorus from Skepsis claimed were the real reason behind the Roman conquest of the city (cf. Pliny, N.H. XXXIV,34). 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  One who  fears, hates, or is prejudiced against Rome or the Romans (especially Ancient Rome or the Roman Empire, or sometimes the Roman Catholic Church and Pope in Rome).