Tag Archives: Romans

  • What does SPQR mean?

    What does SPQR mean?  SPQR is a Latin abbreviation – Senātus Populusque Rōmānus. In English ‘The Senate and People of Rome’. The abbreviation referred to the Government of the Roman Republic. It appeared on coins but also on buildings and monuments as well as declarations and documents. The use of SPQR on coinage began in around 80 BC …

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  • When was the classical era in history

    When was the Classical Era in History?

    When was the Classical Era in history? When was the Classical Era in history? Broadly speaking the Classical Era (also Classical Period or Classical Age) in the Mediterranean area was between 8th century BC and 6th century AD.  In Europe this period was dominated by the Greeks and then the Romans.  Greek ideas, stories and …

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  • What Does Amor Fati mean

    What does Amor Fati mean?

    What does Amor Fati mean? What does ‘Amor Fati’ mean? This is Latin phrase which translates as ‘Love of Fate’ or ‘To Love One’s Fate’. Amor Fati or Love of Fate is an important concept in Stoic Philosophy, a school of thought founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in 301 BC. Famously, this was …

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