YOU SAID:
With bread and circuses, the commoners are pacified
INTO JAPANESE
パンとサーカスで、庶民は鎮静化されます
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Bread and circus calms the common people
INTO JAPANESE
パンとサーカスは庶民を落ち着かせます
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Bread and circus calms the common people
That didn't even make that much sense in English.