Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; for the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses.


Juvenal and Persius (ed. 1940)


Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; for the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and...

Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; for the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and...

Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; for the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and...

Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; for the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and...