- "Bread and circuses" (or "bread and games"; from Latin:
panem et
circenses) is a
metonymic phrase referring to
superficial appea****t. It is attributed...
- cult of state. The
earliest ludi were
horse races in the
circus (ludi
circenses).
Animal exhibitions with mock
hunts (venationes) and
theatrical performances...
- Tropicália ou
Panis et
Circencis (Latin for
Bread and circuses) is a 1968
collaboration album by
artists including Gilberto Gil,
Caetano Veloso, Tom Zé...
-
Circense is a 1980
studio album recorded by the
Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist
Egberto Gismonti. The
album was
created with the idea of being...
- check. The
satirist Juvenal, however, saw "bread and circuses" (panem et
circenses) as
emblematic of the loss of
republican political liberty: The public...
-
Chariot racing (Ancient Gr****: ἁρματοδρομία, harmatodromía; Latin: ludi
circenses) was one of the most po****r
ancient Gr****, Roman, and
Byzantine sports...
-
satirized superficial politicians and the
public as
caring only for "panem et
circenses" (bread and circuses). In
Russia in 1917, the
Bolsheviks promised "peace...
- also
explains that the name "Panem" came from the
Latin phrase "Panem et
Circenses",
which means "Bread and Circuses" and
refers to the
strategy used by...
- of this
collective on the
landmark 1968
album Tropicália: ou
Panis et
Circenses,
whose style was
influenced by The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts...
- 1998, p. 14 (including note #74). Kyle
contextualises Juvenal's
panem et
circenses—bread and
games as a sop to the
politically apathetic plebs (Satires,...
