Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good Government, fresco, Siena Palazzo Pubblico |
Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Bad goverment, fresco, Siena Palazzo Pubblico |
"The Roman people that once bestowed powers, promoted lictors, rewarded or condemned, had legions at disposal, had everything. Now they reduced their claims and demands only up to two things: their bread and circus."
*Juvenal; Satires, Editorial Mediterráneo. Madrid (1973), sat. X, vers. 81
«O povo romano que outrora outorgava poderes, fazia lictores, premiava ou condenava, dispunha de legiões, tinha tudo. Agora reduziu as suas pretensões e reclama somente duas coisas: o seu pão e circo».
*Juvenal; Satiras, Editorial Mediterráneo. Madrid (1973), sat. X, vers. 81
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