GEOFF BOTTOMS applauds a version set amid the violent conflicts of the 19th century west African Oyo empire before the intervention of British colonialism
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BREAD and circuses, readers of this paper won’t need reminding, were said to be the two ways the Roman elite appeased the citizens of its vast empire. With their appetites sated and minds distracted, there was little risk of an uprising until, of course, Spartacus came along.
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