AMOROMA

Last week I saw SPQR on flag poles in Piazza Venezia. Senatus Populusque Romanus "The Senate and the People of Rome" It originally...

Today I noticed a new plaque with SPQR near the Colosseum. It commemorates the victory of Abebe Bikila , the Ethiopian Marathon winner of th...

Today I saw SPQR on the back of a Fiat Panda in Trastevere. It is part of the fleet of "Car Sharing" vehicles that now dot the c...

You can see the letters SPQR on this ribbon, attached to a wreath placed by the mayor of Rome at a memorial to the poet Trilussa . This m...

SPQR: Seen in traffic! This past week while stopped at a traffic light I noticed this tattoo of SPQR. I was able to get a picture before the...

This afternoon I saw an arm with a SPQR tattoo. It was on a man who was part of the ritual re-enactment at the Temple of Hercules in honor ...

I found SPQR with this image of Romulus and Remus nursing from the she-wolf in Arezzo during our recent trip to Tuscany. It was part of the...

Today on my way home, while passing through Piazza dell'Emporio , I noticed SPQR on the Fontana della Anfore . This fountain was complet...

During our January trip to Urbino I discovered SPQR on a soldier's shield in a 15th century wall painting of the Oratorio of San Giovan...

SPQR on a fountain in Piazza Iside , a site that was once part of a sanctuary to the Egyptian goddess Isis. The cult came to Ancient Rome w...

This crest is displayed to the right of the front door of the church designated as the Church of the Senate and the People of Rome, Santa M...

SPQR on the top of a sidewalk billboard in front of the Baths of Caracalla, opened in 216 AD. In ancient Rome it accommodated 8,000 people ...

Today was very hot in Rome and the "B Line" of the subway system is not air conditioned. The city was distributing free bottles of...

SPQR on the base of a lamp post on the Ponte Mazzini. The Ponte Mazzini was built between 1904-1908 crossing the Tiber River from the Histo...