Bread and circuses: Pair of projects offer insight on society’s slide

Sometime between the reign of Nero and Marcus Aurelius, the Roman poet Juvenal coined the phrase “panem et circenses” – bread and circuses in English. He was referring to the age-old practice of keeping the peace by appeasing the masses with a powerful combination of entertainment and free food. By the Pax Romana, this practice was more than 300 years […]