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Old 09-28-2006, 09:56 PM   #31
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I did not know that.
Of course, the lower classes in early Rome had a means of expressing their dissatisfaction with the ruling elites. The rioted the shit out of Rome.
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Old 09-29-2006, 07:37 AM   #32
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I believe that period is refered to as 'Bread and Circuses'
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