In Roman times circuses were used for Chariot Racing. A "circus" was a racetrack.
I t was called the Cicuss Maximus.
colosseum
Not any more. There are no circuses anymore.
The likely word is gladiator, a combatant in the Roman circuses.
the first circus was performed in ancient egypt
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Bread and Circuses. (Free handouts and entertainment). Recently, television has been called the "new bread and circuses."
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The girl loved to visit circuses across the country.
The actual phrase is 'Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt'Coined by the Roman poet Juvenal in the first Century in his Satires lamenting the continuing slide of his former Roman Republic into dictatorship.The term refers to entertainment or offerings intended to foil discontent or distract attention from a situation. In ancient Rome, bread and circuses were used to keep the underprivileged poor people quiet.
To entertain Roman citizens. ---- Gladiators were slaves who fought to the death in the Roman circuses, to entertain not only citizens but also women, children, and slaves.
First there were no rich slaves. A slave is a person owned by another person. They are property. So the rich used the slave to serve their needs.