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EMPIRES ON DECLINE: Is the US heading down the same road as the Romans?

by Ellen Tove
21 May 2015
North America/Opinion pieces/Philosophy/Web exclusive

Past and Present Times…. “Bread and circuses” is a well-known figure of speech from the late Roman Empire. The words refer to how public appeasement was generated through superficial entertainment and spectacle such as gladiator fights, briefly distracting them from the social and economic issues that the Empire faced: inflation, corruption and an ever increasing economical strain on the population.…

EMPIRES ON DECLINE: Is the US heading down the same road as the Romans?

21 May 2015
North America/Opinion pieces/Philosophy/Web exclusive

Past and Present Times…. “Bread and circuses” is a well-known figure of speech from the late Roman Empire. The words refer to how public appeasement was generated through superficial entertainment and spectacle such as gladiator fights, briefly distracting them from the social and economic issues that the Empire faced: inflation,…

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