Of the poor, the poet Juvenal would write: with no vote to sell, their motto is "couldn't care less,"" time was when their plebiscite elected generals, heads of state, commanders of legions: but now they've pulled in their horns, there are only two things that concern them: bread and circuses. " The emperor Augustus, also known as Julius Octavius, was well aware of the risk of facing protests from the plebeians and was therefore, keen on to keep them happy enough and reasonably well fed so that they would not riot. ...

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