meat for the masses. he won. it was downhill from there. >> they gradually raised taxes and gave stuff away to cities increases. >> free salt, free olive oil other staples of the roman diet. >> people who show up personally and pick up their stash. >> there would be long lines. in fact they had a means test at one time and did away with it so anybody could show up and get the free stuff. >> and they decided that everybody had to be educated by the state. >> well -- >> not everybody but they started public school. >> that was late -- much later. in fact rome grew to greatness with largely home schooling. the first public schools didn't appear until around 250 b.c. and they were not funded by the government until very late. >> the greeks actually mocked