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Bread and circuses!
History, as you know, repeats itself twice. Once in the form of a tragedy, the second time in the form of a farce.
Let me remind you, just in case, the original Roman history of "Bread and circuses!"
"Bread and circuses!" (Latin panem et circenses) is an expression from the 10th satire of the ancient Roman poet Juvenal, used by him to describe the aspirations of the Roman people modern to him. Juvenal contrasted the modern depravity of morals with the heroic past: This people has long ago... forgotten all worries, and Rome, which once distributed Everything: legions, and power, and lictors bundles, Is now restrained and only dreams of two things restlessly: Bread and circuses!…
Juvenal here refers to the Roman practice of distributing free grain (Cura Annonae) to Roman citizens, as well as expensive circus games and other forms of entertainment as a means to gain political power.
The expression "Bread and circuses" was used to describe the policies of statesmen who, bribing the plebs with distributions of money and food, as well as circus performances, seized and held power in ancient Rome.
History, as you know, repeats itself twice. Once in the form of a tragedy, the second time in the form of a farce.
Let me remind you, just in case, the original Roman history of "Bread and circuses!"
"Bread and circuses!" (Latin panem et circenses) is an expression from the 10th satire of the ancient Roman poet Juvenal, used by him to describe the aspirations of the Roman people modern to him. Juvenal contrasted the modern depravity of morals with the heroic past: This people has long ago... forgotten all worries, and Rome, which once distributed Everything: legions, and power, and lictors bundles, Is now restrained and only dreams of two things restlessly: Bread and circuses!…
Juvenal here refers to the Roman practice of distributing free grain (Cura Annonae) to Roman citizens, as well as expensive circus games and other forms of entertainment as a means to gain political power.
The expression "Bread and circuses" was used to describe the policies of statesmen who, bribing the plebs with distributions of money and food, as well as circus performances, seized and held power in ancient Rome.