Ancient Rome & SPQR Hats

Ancient Rome never left the popular imagination, and in 2023 the proof went viral. A Roman reenactor who posts as Gaius Flavius put up an Instagram video that reached 1.6 million views, other creators followed, and the question of how often men think about the Roman Empire passed a billion views on TikTok. Mary Beard, the classicist, confessed she thinks about it about 50 times a day, but then it is what she does. These Ancient Rome hats are for that hobby at its fullest, not just the meme. SPQR and ANCIENT ROME are the badges, and SPQR eagle hats already sell steadily on print-on-demand sites. VENI VIDI VICI is the motto of Caesar, arched like a triumphal arch. SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM is the legionary motto that appears on trucker hats tagged for history buffs. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? is the Gladiator shout, BETTER EMPEROR THAN CALIGULA is a low bar cleared, and the Rubicon, aqueduct and Roman concrete lines are for the person whose family has heard it all before. Caligula's name meant little boots, and the story goes that he made his horse a consul. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. This is the whole Roman world, from Senate to roads to arena, separate from our History Buff and Living Latin pages. Pick one for the reader of Mike Duncan, or the one who keeps digging up Roman stuff in the garden.