Assertion: empire's people | /r/CapableOf | exchange their political liberty
Facets:
value: for circuses
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for "bread and circuses"
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: When Juvenal complained that the Roman people had exchanged their political liberty for "bread and circuses", he was referring to the state-provided grain dole and the circenses, events held in the entertainment venue called a circus in Latin.