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− | *The [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-movies-always-get-wrong-about-dictatorships/ nation] of [http:// |
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*The Star Trek episode [http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Bread_and_Circuses_(episode) "Bread and Circuses"] was a [http://www.ditl.org/episode-page.php?Series=TOS&Episode=44 parody] of the television industry and Trek's own ratings problems. |
*The Star Trek episode [http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Bread_and_Circuses_(episode) "Bread and Circuses"] was a [http://www.ditl.org/episode-page.php?Series=TOS&Episode=44 parody] of the television industry and Trek's own ratings problems. |
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*A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar jaguar] is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_cat big cat]. |
*A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar jaguar] is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_cat big cat]. |
Revision as of 11:50, 25 November 2020
My Roman ancestors said “give the Kludges circuses, and they
won’t notice you taking their bread.”
-Nero Tzar-Jaguar,
CY 9865,
2 months before his assassination
Overview
The Tzar-Jaguar Pride was the name of the Jaguar Pride after they merged with the Tzar Pride. However, they separated at an unknown date and later merged with the Sabra Pride.
Alliances
- Sabra-Jaguar Pride
- Sabra Pride
- Jaguar Pride
- Tzar-Jaguar Pride, Tzar Pride
Trivia
- The opening comment is a distortion of Juvenal's famous assertion, in Satire X, that the mob cares not for freedom, only "bread and circuses". In a little more detail, it says:
- They shed their sense of responsibility
- Long ago, when they lost their votes, and the bribes; the mob
- That used to grant power, high office, the legions, everything,
- Curtails its desires, and reveals its anxiety for two things only,
- Bread and circuses.
- The nation of Panem is named for "panem et circenses" (bread and circuses).
- The Star Trek episode "Bread and Circuses" was a parody of the television industry and Trek's own ratings problems.
- A jaguar is a big cat.
- Tzar is a alternate spelling of csar, czar, and tsar.
- Nero was a Roman emperor whose reputation and legacy has been questioned by many historians due to the propaganda and questionable reliability of the sources available.