After the defeat of the Empire at the Battle of Anaxes in 138 ABY, which brought about overall defeat in the Second Imperial Civil War, the Empire agreed to sign the humiliating Treaty of Bastion. One of the terms of the treaty was that the Empire should disarm to a very low level. The level stipulated for the maximum number of foot soldiers the Empire was allowed was ten percent of the number they had had at the end of the war.