S.P.Q.R.
abbreviation
the Senate and People of Rome.
S.P.Q.R.
American
Or
SPQR
abbreviation
SPQR
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of S.P.Q.R.
From Latin Senātus Populusque Rōmānus
Example Sentences
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The Roman Legions' S.P.Q.R. banner rises in triumph over Hasdrubal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Embroidered in faded gold along the canvas was S.P.Q.R.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
There were only two words, smeared with red paint by a forefinger, underneath the official letters S.P.Q.R.:
From Caesar Dies by Mundy, Talbot
The second bore a standard with the letters S.P.Q.R. on any enterprise undertaken in the name of the church and the people of Rome, and also at ceremonies, processions, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
From all this we argue that S.P.Q.R. did not depend latterly upon native recruiting.
From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)
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