02-23-2007, 01:36 PM
To jump in a bit late,
Quote:By the way, is the whole "SPQR" a completley modern thing or was the emblem in use in the republic? I know they've got it everywhere in Rome today. (guessing that it is supposed to stand for Senatus Populus Quirinus Romanus or something of that nature)It's Senatus Populusque Romanus,"the Senate and the Roman People." I'm not sure what the earliest attestation is, but it goes way back.
Dan Diffendale
Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan
Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan
