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by doogerdog 1898 days ago
S.P.Q.R. is one of the oldest current brands, comes from the Roman Empire. Translates from latin to "The Senate and the people of Rome" I worked there for a year in 1974. Italians visiting from other parts of Italy claimed it stood for "Sono Porci Questi Romani". I love that city, need to find time to go back.
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The Italian translation of the Asterix comics makes the Gauls spell it as "Sono Pazzi Questi Romani", these Romans are crazy. Asterix became popular at about the time you were working in Rome. I guess that this translation is the most popular one nowadays. Of course we know it's Senatus Popolusque Romanorum.