Panem et circenses translates to 'Bread and circuses' and comes from the roman metaphor for selling your political vote in favour of something trivial.
It looks like the first verse is written from the point of view of a government but then changes to the population's point of view for the rest.
Panem et circenses translates to 'Bread and circuses' and comes from the roman metaphor for selling your political vote in favour of something trivial.
It looks like the first verse is written from the point of view of a government but then changes to the population's point of view for the rest.