SPQR stands for Senatus Populusque Romanus, which translates to "The Senate and Roman People" or "The Senate and People of Rome." Initially, this acronym was meant to symbolize the ancient Roman ...

SPQR: The Empire’s Darkest Hour is an adventure game, released in 1997 by CyberSites. SPQR: The Empire’s Darkest Hour has a Illustrated realism style and uses a Point-and-click control scheme.

From SPQR by Mary Beard to Are We Rome? by Cullen Murphy, these four books are the best to read to learn about the Roman Empire ... It follows Beard’s 2007 book “The Roman Triumph.” SPQR: ...

“Et tu, Brute?” asks Julius Caesar in the titular play by Shakespeare. “Are you not entertained!?” roars Russell Crowe’s character to the crowd after slaying his opponent in Ridley Scott’s ...

Ancient Rome is important, Mary Beard tells us at the start of “SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome” (Liveright, $35), her smart and exuberant survey of the first millennium of Roman history.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Toting Mary Beard’s SPQR through the X-ray line at O’Hare airport, I was pulled aside by a security guard who ...