- "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...
- held in
honor of
various deities in the
venue called a "circus" (ludi
circenses).
Festivals marked in
large letters on
extant fasti,
represented by festival...
-
unknown Italian climber Alfredo Webber, aged 52, free
soloed Panem et
Circenses in Arco, Italy, first-ever free solo of an 8c (5.14b). 2004 : Alexander...
-
satirized superficial politicians and the
public as
caring only for "panem et
circenses" (bread and circuses). In
Russia in 1917, the
Bolsheviks promised "peace...
-
Chariot racing (Ancient Gr****: ἁρματοδρομία, harmatodromía; Latin: ludi
circenses) was one of the most po****r
ancient Gr****, Roman, and
Byzantine sports...
-
victory go to him who has
deserved it");
frequently used
motto panem et
circenses bread and
circuses From Juvenal,
Satire X, line 81.
Originally described...
