When you pay barbarians to fight the barbarians you paid to fight the barbarians you paid to fight the barbarians you paid to fight the barbarians you paid to...
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The emperors of the late fourth and fifth centuries then proceeded to invite people into the house, promising its shelter, if only they would help them light one more fire – and then when the house was burned down and everyone was left on the cold ground, they tried to shift the blame onto the very guests they had invited.
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