[Constitution Day]

That episode was titled, "Bread and Circuses." Coincidental to it's references to Imperial Rome, its original broadcast date was on the Ides of March, 1968.

I don't think I ever saw that episode.

I found it interesting that the country in "Hunger Games" is called Panem... as in "Panem et Circenses", or Bread and Circuses."

The Capitol of Panem (cleverly named "Capitol") has an Imperial Roman feel in its architecture and symbolism.

[Blackyce]

“Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses(games)” - Juvenal, Satire X