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From: swc@cbscc.UUCP (Scott W. Collins)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Meaning of Bread and Circuses
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Date: Fri, 5-Apr-85 09:35:12 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  5 09:35:12 1985
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I always thought that the Bread referred to Jesus Christ
(remember the believers were "Son Worshipers") and the
Circuses referred to the cruel Roman arena. The followers
of Christ (bread of life) were thrown into the arena as
happened on Earth in the days of old.

Just watching A.D. which showed the cruelty of the Caeser
reinforces this.

Scott