Besides, their efficiency was demoralized by luxury. Nothing was left of the old-fashioned discipline and the good rules of our ancestors, who preferred to base the security of Rome on character and not on money.
Eta indarrak larkeriekin andeatzen zihoazen, antzinako disziplinaz eta arbasoen portaeraz bestera, zeintzuekin erromatar botereak bertutez hobeto iraun zuen diruz baino.