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SPQR or S.P.Q.R., an initialism for Senatus Populusque Romanus (Classical Latin: [sɛˈnaːtʊs pɔpʊˈɫʊskʷɛ roːˈmaːnʊs]; transl. "The Senate and People of Rome" ), is an emblematic phrase referring to the government of the Roman Republic .
The SPQR series is a series of historical mystery stories by John Maddox Roberts, published between 1990 and 2010, and set in the final years of the Roman Republic.SPQR (the original title of the first book, until the sequels came out) is a Latin initialism for Senatus Populusque Romanus ("The Roman Senate and People"), the official name of the Republic.
Small Payload Quick Return (SPQR) is a NASA Ames Research Center concept to return small payloads from orbit. [1] The system uses an Exo-Brake, a parachute-like drag device for use in the low-pressure exosphere of Low Earth Orbit. This is the first part of a three part return system, operating from 350 to 100 km. [2]
Since the Middle Ages the city of Rome used a red-violet banner with a yellow (golden) Greek cross near the top right corner, and to its right, the yellow (golden) letters SPQR (an abbreviation for Senatus Populusque Romanus, which translates from Latin to The Roman Senate and People), placed diagonally across the banner, from the top left to the bottom right corner.
SPQR appeared on the New York Times hardcover, non-fiction bestseller list in December 2015. [5] It was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award ...
SPQR series, a collection of detective stories set in the time of the Roman Republic; SPQR: The Empire's Darkest Hour, a computer adventure game set in Ancient Rome; SPQR, a board wargame; Steve Perrin's Quest Rules, a generic role-playing game system; SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, a 2015 book by Mary Beard
SPQR: The Empire's Darkest Hour, also known simply as SPQR, is a computer adventure game by American studio CyberSites and published in 1995 by GT Interactive. Set in Ancient Rome , the player must solve a number of puzzles to uncover a criminal who wants to destroy Rome.
The Legislative Assemblies of the Roman Kingdom were political institutions in the ancient Roman Kingdom.While one assembly, the Curiate Assembly, had some legislative powers, [1] these powers involved nothing more than a right to symbolically ratify decrees issued by the Roman King. [2]