Bread and circuses (redirect from Panem et circenses) "Bread and circuses" (or bread and games; from Latin: panem et circenses) is a metonymic phrase referring to superficial appeasement. It is attributed... 6 KB (631 words) - 06:53, 6 March 2024 |
entertainment." Collins also explains that the name "Panem" came from the Latin phrase "Panem et Circenses", which means "Bread and Circuses" and refers to... 30 KB (3,156 words) - 18:20, 8 April 2024 |
republican sobriety and severity of a people who now aspired only to panem et circenses, bread and spectacles, Fronto (100–166), in almost the same words... 48 KB (6,533 words) - 06:55, 6 March 2024 |
about their freedom—are only interested in "bread and circuses" (panem et circenses 10.81; i.e. food and entertainment), that—rather than for wealth,... 21 KB (2,537 words) - 11:38, 11 February 2024 |
Machiavelli in his The Prince. Bread and circuses, also known as Panem et circenses – Figure of speech referring to a superficial means of appeasement... 3 KB (386 words) - 18:02, 30 September 2022 |