Review: Gladiator 2
"Bread and circuses!"
"Bread and circuses!" wrote the Roman poet Juvenal (55–135 AD) in his Satires, referencing the Roman elite’s practice of providing free bread and large public spectacles—gladiator battles, chariot races—to pacify the masses and make them forget that they had long since traded away their political freedom.
The term "bread and circuses" …
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