He lived in excessive luxury, in a palace he believed impregnable, caring little or nothing for the two and three quarter million people who occupied Primordium.

The food served at the emperor's table was very frugal and John lectured courtiers who lived in excessive luxury.

He also issued an edict forbidding "excessive luxuries" to the common people.

This protectionism was obviously directed against Venice, but they could do little as it would have been the Emperor's right to deny his subjects excessive luxuries.

The rich castigated themselves for excessive luxury.

These two works satirized and criticized what he saw as the excessive luxury of the upper classes.

The Sultan also lives a life of excessive luxury, and is largely apathetic to the misfortunes of others.

The destruction of Sybaris was seen by some ancient writers as divine vengeance upon the Sybarites for their pride, arrogance, and excessive luxury.

The city and its inhabitants were well known in Antiquity for their excessive luxury.

The psychological interpretations emphasize depravity in high places, excessive luxury, and increasingly narrow views that left the rulers unprepared for an external challenge.