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minus-squaresaltnotsugar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 days agoFun historical fact: Caesar was stabbed due to his unstoppable salad addiction. The senate had to make up all that stuff about his lust for power to justify the crime.
minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoI heard it was the sudden drop in crouton availability that drove up bread prices and led to a plebian uprising?
minus-squaresaltnotsugar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoYes that’s correct. This is actually where the phrase “croutons and circuses” comes from.
Fun historical fact: Caesar was stabbed due to his unstoppable salad addiction. The senate had to make up all that stuff about his lust for power to justify the crime.
I heard it was the sudden drop in crouton availability that drove up bread prices and led to a plebian uprising?
Yes that’s correct. This is actually where the phrase “croutons and circuses” comes from.