e.g.

• Bread = Amazon

• Games = Netflix

• Late Roman decadence = late capitalist decadence

• Gladiators = social media «influencers»

• Visitors/Spectators = On the screens

• Plague = corona virus

• Decline of business and culture = “Corona” measures

• Further elimination of democratic elements, “royal” campaigns in the deserted areas (e.g. under Charlemagne) = “Corona” consequences (weakening of the middle class and sell-off of SMEs, expansion of global online monopolies)