SPQR Senatus Populusque Romanus A moreishly entertaining & richly informative miscellany of facts about Rome & the Roman world Do you know to what use the Romans put the excrement of the kingfisher? Or why a dinner party invitation from the emperor Domitian was such a terrifying prospect? Or why Roman women smelt so odd? The answers to these questions can be found in SPQR a compendium of extraordinary facts & anecdotes about ancient Rome & its Empire Its 500-odd entries range across every area of Roman life & society from the Empress Livia's cure for tonsillitis to the most reliable Roman methods of contraception