You have more [money] than any other nation has for military purposes. But you appropriate it yourselves, to suit your own pleasure. Now if you will spend it on the campaign, you have no need of a further supply. Demosthenes to the Athenians. Olynthiac 1. Section 19.
Image: Romans Rowing Galleys to Battle on Trajan's Column courtesy of Dr. Roy Winkelman and the Florida Center for Instructional Technology
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