Bread and Circuses was an expression which encapsulate the belief of the Roman elites had to be fed and entertained to prevent them for rioting.
Bread referred to the grain dole the Roman state distributed to the poor and on which these people depended on for survival.
Circus was the name of the Chariot Racing tracks. Chariot Racing was the most important form of entertainment in Rome, together with the gladiatorial games. The elites liked to organise races and games to keep the people entertained and happy. Since these events were popular, financing and organising them brought popularity to the people who did this.
Offerings, such as benefits or entertainments, intended to placate discontent or distract attention from a policy or situation. :)
In Roman times circuses were used for chariot racing. A "circus" was a racetrack.
"Bread and circuses" is a term coined by the Roman poet Juvenal. It referred to the emperor's "congiarium" or gifts to the people of either free grain, oil, wine or money and the entertainment of the races and other events paid for by the emperors or during the republic, by political candidates. The politicians benefited because the people remembered their generosity at election time and the emperors benefited by quelling any civil unrest.
Some of the negative consequences of the Roman Policy of bread and circuses is that it kept a large gap between the rich and the poor. The other negative consequences is that it stifled ambition because people did not need to work for their bread.
colosseum
I t was called the Cicuss Maximus.
"Bread and circuses" refers to the pacification of a populace by food and entertainment, which is related to the term "fat and happy".As referred to by Roman poet Juvenal (c. 100-200 AD)in his Satires, panem et circenses was an apparent policy in the Roman Empire. The rulers believed that if the people were entertained and their bellies full, they would not get restless or try to overthrow the government. So they tried to make sure that there was always entertainment, notably in the Colosseum, and that there was always bread available to be purchased. In this way, the Roman masses were distracted from the problems of the Empire.
The likely word is gladiator, a combatant in the Roman circuses.
In ancient Rome, the political elite frequently distributed food (such as wheat) and funded lavish spectacles for the inhabitants. The provision of what Juvenal called "bread and circuses" is thought to have been an important element in placating the masses. The elite also seemed to have considered this to be an important part of their civic duty.
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