10.3.10

Allegories of good and bad government


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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