The misfortune of empire

 That what we call empire, though in reality it is misfortune, is of a nature to deprave all who have to do with it.  Isocrates.  On The Peace.  Speech 8.  Section 94.



Image: The Divine Triad of Baalshamîn, Aglibôl and Malakbêl dressed in Roman military garb from Bir Wereb in Palmyra, Syria 1st half of the 1st century CE.  This relief is frequently referenced as a depiction of Sol Invictus, the Syrian god adopted by the Roman emperor Aurelian.  It is part of the permanent collection of The Louvre.

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