The power of empire and indifference to oaths and covenants

For in place of the ways of life established among them, the power of empire filled the citizens with injustice, indolence, lawlessness and avarice and the commonwealth with contempt for its allies, covetousness of the possessions of other states, and indifference to its oaths and covenants.  Isocrates.  On The Peace.  Speech 8.  Section 96.

Image: The battle of Adrianople courtesy of illustrator Radu Oltean, Desperta Ferro Magazine