Johnny SPQR

Earliest known poster for Johnny SPQR.

Johnny SPQR is a 1995 cyberpunk history film about a Roman Consul (Keanu Reeves) with a cybernetic brain implant designed to win the Punic Wars.

Co-starring Henry Rollins as Cato the Censor.

Tagline

"Carthago delenda est."

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Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Johnny Mnemonic 4: The Voyage Home
• Matrix to America
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Laurentian
• Sea Peoples
• The Muppets: 1453
• Trajan

External links

• Carthago delenda est @ Wikipedia
• SPQR @ Wikipedia
• Mary Beard on SPQR: The History of Ancient Rome @ YouTube

• Johnny Mnemonic @ Wikipedia
• Johnny Mnemonic - trailer @ YouTube
• Virtual Reality scene @ YouTube
• It's a fish @ YouTube
• Results of too much tech @ YouTube
• Best Scenes from Johnny Mnemonic (1995) @ YouTube

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