cm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 25 days agoHistory tells us what happens when the bread and circus stopslemmy.mlimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1442arrow-down13
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minus-squareKyrgizion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·25 days agoWhen it got this bad in Rome most emperors quickly pulled a Liberalitas and, quite literally, showered the plebs in coins or at the very least, tokens for the grain dole. Unsurprisingly this worked (though it did have its limits).
When it got this bad in Rome most emperors quickly pulled a Liberalitas and, quite literally, showered the plebs in coins or at the very least, tokens for the grain dole. Unsurprisingly this worked (though it did have its limits).