A Capitol dome tops a balance scale weighing a blue donkey handing out bread against a red elephant inside a circus tent. Below, silhouetted hands reach upward under the words Panem et circenses.
The words are Juvenal’s, from his tenth Satire, written early in the second century AD. His complaint was about the public, not the rulers: the people who once handed out commands, high office and legions now wished anxiously for two things only, bread and circuses. The bread was real. Augustus fixed the grain roll at 200,000 citizens.
• For the politically weary, classicists, and voters tired of partisan theater.
• Stark woodcut linework, symmetrical on purpose.
• Material: Bella+Canvas 6400, 100% Airlume combed and ringspun cotton, light and soft.
• Fit: Women’s relaxed fit, true to size, check the size chart before ordering.
• Print: Direct-to-garment with eco-friendly inks, not a decal.
The recipe has not changed in two millennia.
