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The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns… — Juvenal

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The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things-bread and circuses!

In the original Latin

Panem et circenses

Juvenal
Satires · 127
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Decline of civilizationDecadence
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127Classical antiquity
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Juvenal
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Current citation
Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 10.
Original citation
Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 10.

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