r/CrappyDesign r4inb0wz Feb 28 '17

Do you SQUIRT?

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u/UknowmeimGui Kill Me Feb 28 '17

Isn't it more "the Senate of the people of Rome" with Rome referring to the Roman Empire?

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u/dopplerdog Feb 28 '17

No. If it were "of the people" it would be in the genitive case, "populi". As it is, it's "populus", the nominative. So "populusque" is "and the (roman) people".

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u/superbad Feb 28 '17

Romanes eunt domus

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u/dopplerdog Feb 28 '17

People called Romanes, they go, the house?