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''SPQR'' is an acronym of a Latin phrase, ''Senātus Populusque Rōmānus'' ("The Senate and People of Rome"; ), referring to the government of the ancient Roman Republic, and used as an official emblem of the modern-day comune (municipality) of Rome. It appears on coins, at the end of documents made public by inscription in stone or metal, in dedications of monuments and public works, and was emblazoned on the standards of the Roman legions. The phrase appears countless times in Roman political, legal and historical literature, including the speeches of Cicero and the ''Ab urbe condita libri'' ("Books from the Founding of the City") of Titus Livius (Livy). ==Translation== SPQR: ''Senātus Populusque Rōmānus''. In Latin, ''Senātus'' is a nominative singular noun meaning "Senate". ''Populusque'' is compounded from the nominative noun ''Populus'', "the People", and ''-que'', an enclitic particle meaning "and" which connects the two nominative nouns. The last word, ''Rōmānus'' ("Roman") is an adjective modifying the whole of ''Senātus Populusque'': the "Roman Senate and People", taken as a singular whole. Thus, the sentence is translated literally as "The Roman Senate & People", or more freely as "The Senate and People of Rome". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SPQR」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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