Be ever watchful over the things which are necessary for the administration of the empire, be a good manager of expenditure, and patiently endure the blame. Marcus Aurelius upon observing his father, the emperor Antoninus Pius. Meditations. Book 1.
Image: A dromon, a type of galley and the most important warship of the Byzantine navy from the 5th to 12th centuries CE, when they were succeeded by Italian-style galleys. It was developed from the ancient liburnian, which was the mainstay of the Roman navy during the Empire. Image courtesy of Creative Assembly, publishers of the game "Rome Total War".
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