From Latin Senātus Populusque Rōmānus
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The manhole covers in the streets read SPQR, a Latin abbreviation for “Senate and People of Rome,” echoing ancient coins.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2018
Other authors followed, with The Fault in Our Stars writer John Green praising her “great scholarship” in the “roaringly good read” on ancient Rome, SPQR.
From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2017
In her magisterial SPQR, historian Mary Beard considers why the Roman Republic collapsed, despite its mechanisms to rotate officeholders and avoid concentrations of power.
From Slate • Nov. 21, 2016
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome” by Mary Beard Beard is an intellectual celebrity in Britain who has broken out in the United States thanks to this engaging and awkwardly titled history.
From Salon • Dec. 31, 2015
Glinting on the boat’s prow was a laurel wreath design with the letters SPQR.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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