Geo-PoliticsMiddle EastOpinionSecurityUSBread and Circuses: The Middle East in the Crosshairs of US National Security
[Opinion piece] Around the year 100 AD, the Roman satirical poet Juvenal, described the then current affairs of the Roman populace by giving up on their historical birthright for political involvement and caring only for Panem et Circenses (Bread and Circuses). Juvenal was in fact describing his dissent for the declining heroism of contemporary Romans....