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| 1 | 336 | Shortages of View more quotes about goods">goods and food became common in the city, except amongst those favored by the state. |
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| 1 | 333 | Bribery and theft became ways of life, even amongst the most modest of offices. |
| 1 | 334 | Mercenaries exacted "taxes" with impunity amongst Merchants. |
| 1 | 335 | Gangs of youths, flaunting Cosian fashions, roamed the city, looting and vandalizing. |
| 1 | 336 | Shortages of goods and food became common in the city, except amongst those favored by the state. |
| 1 | 337 | Fortunes were made in black markets. |
| 1 | 338 | Some flourished, of course, those with access to the throne, or with access to those who might have such access. |
| 1 | 339 | The intertwined strands of interest and influence were subtle and widely spread. |