Panem et circensis
Wednesday, 7 April 2021
Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down) through Jean-L?On G?R?Me, 1872
? Iam pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli uendimus, effudit curas; nam qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, panem et circenses.
… Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses.( Juvenal, Satire 10.77–81 , 100 A.D.)
Happy Superbowl Sunday kids!