S.P.Q.R.

or SPQR

abbreviation for

1. the Senate and People of Rome.

SPQR

abbreviation for

1. Senatus Populusque Romanus

Word History and Origins

Origin of S.P.Q.R.¹

From Latin Senātus Populusque Rōmānus

Word History and Origins

Origin of S.P.Q.R.¹

Latin: the Senate and People of Rome.

Example Sentences

He secured the involvement of Mary Beard, an author and Cambridge professor who made the topic of Rome a best seller with the book “S.P.Q.R.,” getting her to record an acoustiguide and videos.

From New York Times

Embroidered in faded gold along the canvas was S.P.Q.R.

From Literature

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 Project Gutenberg

Such processions are headed by the standard of the Commune, S.P.Q.R. upon a red and yellow ground, and immediately behind follows the banner of the Monti, the first region, three green hills on a white field.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet the version which renders S.P.Q.R. into Si Peu Que Rien must surely be laid at the door of "Gallicanism"—it points to an ecclesiastical not a political diminutio capitis.

From Project Gutenberg