Postea id quoque accessit, ut saevitiae causam avaritia praeberet et modus culpae ex pecuniae modo constitueretur et qui fuisset locuples, fieret is nocens, suique quisque periculi merces foret, nec quidquam videretur turpe, quod esset quaestuosum.
Later, however, even this extreme was reached, and avarice furnished a motive for ruthlessness;  the magnitude of ones crime was determined by the magnitude of his property; he who possessed riches became a malefactor and was in each case the prizea set up for his own murder. In short nothing was regarded as dishonourable that brought profit.
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