Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
JuvenalAlready long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses.
Juvenal