Contributions to the Treasury and provision of choruses may be satisfactory evidence of wealth; but they are anything but evidence of innocence

Contributions to the Treasury and provision of choruses may be satisfactory evidence of wealth; but they are anything but evidence of innocence. Antiphon. First Tetralogy. Speech 2. Tetralogy 3. Section 8. (Generalized)

Image: Roman vigiles courtesy of the Museo del Fuego y de los Bomberos in Zaragoza, Spain.

Note: The quote reminded me of Marcus Licinius Crassus and his scheme to acquire real estate by withholding fire suppression from his private crew of firefighters.