but what exactly those four letters (S, P, Q, and R) stand for in Latin is a little less clear. My take is that SPQR stands for the first letters of the following words with "-que" added as the third:
What does SPQR stand for? SPQR initially stood forSenatus Populusque Romanus(the Senate and Roman people), but a growing number of white supremacists have adopted the acronym to symbolize their movement. What were Roman governors called? Governors were eitherconsuls or praetors, and these were ca...