1. Keeping the Masses Under Control in the Ancient Roman Empire
The objective of this assessment is to provide evidence in a way that it can be determined to what extent entertainment was indeed a true policy applied by government in order to keep people busy during the reign of Emperor Julius Caesar. ... According to "The History Guide," the rule of the first Roman dictator Augustus Caesar, "the city of Rome provided bread, oil and wine to its urban population. ... 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 legio...
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- Approx Pages: 7
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate