The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word AENEAS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result AENEAS
- War refugee late in because having to keep disappearing
- Greek hero came in because every second counted
- Sean Bean, unclothed, represented ancient warrior
- Hero of Rome in rough sea, neat for the most part
- Care in relapse required regularly for old hero
- Host rising round mostly deft hero who’s famously pious
- A girl’s going round the East to find Greek hero
- See an orderly pursuing a classical hero
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The straight part
We know that "Hero of Rome" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hero of rome = aeneas.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.