GENERATION TO GENERATION
A first-century b.c. statue of
a Roman nobleman bearing
the heads of his ancestors
reflects the hereditary nature
of citizenship. The letters SPQR
(opposite) stand for Senatus
populusque Romanus (”The
Senate and the People of Rome”),
the basis of the Roman Republic.
STATUE: SCALA, FLORENCE. SPQR: MARKA/AGE FOTOSTOCK
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