Roma S.P.Q.R.
Quo magus necessarium credidi<br/> ex duabus ancillis,<br/> quae ministrae dicebantur,<br/> quid esset veri et per tomenta quaerer.<br/> Nihil aliud invent quam superstitionem pravam,<br/> immodicam.
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
Deep down the earth,<br/> Full of faith.<br/> So proud, so scared<br/> rest and wait.<br/> While we wake<br/> Grows the name<br/> That Rome will carry way<br/> <br/> Callistus digs,<br/> Prepares his caves.<br/> Martyrs and Popes<br/> Final homes.<br/> Callistus digs,<br/> Removes the clay.<br/> Then he rests and prays<br/> <br/> We've a special guest tonight<br/> Whose body here will lay.<br/> Oh no, it isn't right!<br/> <br/> We've a special guest tonight,<br/> For all she is a guide<br/> Light in the night.<br/> <br/> Our children<br/> Quietly<br/> Sleep<br/> West wing<br/> Small silent things<br/> <br/> Sometimes<br/> I hear<br/> Their steps,<br/> I check<br/> but all is quiet n' dead<br/> <br/> And now she lies<br/> On linen cloths<br/> 'cause she didn't<br/> Break her oaths.<br/> We mourn don't weep<br/> We know she sleeps<br/> Is a matter of faith.<br/> <br/> Callistus digs,<br/> Raise his hat,<br/> Cecily welcomes<br/> With respect.<br/> Callistus digs<br/> Removes the day<br/> Then he rests and prays<br/> <br/> Callistus is dead - and well he knows<br/> Still there is too much to do<br/> Dead or alive, he keeps on, goes.<br/> Matter of faith, you know!<br/> Wake and pray<br/> Do not go!<br/> <br/> Inside the ground, down under Rome<br/> Xantian marbles, rotten stones.<br/> Thousands sleep, quiet 'n' nameless<br/> Heaven is two steps above,<br/> You will soon<br/> Cry for love.<br/> <br/> Cecily smiles<br/> And closes her eyes.<br/> Callistus digs again,<br/> More room to claim.<br/> For our wake is long<br/> Dawn is far away.
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
Hey, brother,<br/> do you remember?<br/> When our world t'was<br/> just the space<br/> between us.<br/> Scared, hungry and cold<br/> I looked for<br/> They river carries<br/> two children, alone<br/> <br/> Silvia's cry<br/> fades away<br/> along the river.<br/> Soft tear dropping<br/> in my dreams.<br/> I see her eyes.<br/> nothing else<br/> it did survive.<br/> <br/> Acca's hair were dark,<br/> Large breast and broader smile.<br/> Arms strong and kind,<br/> she smelt of honey 'n' milk.<br/> "She-wolf!", hailed the men.<br/> I was a child,<br/> I hated them.<br/> But she didn't care,<br/> She held us tight,<br/> And she was there.<br/> <br/> Simple people , strong and rough.<br/> Our people, all what we've got.<br/> We learnt the sword and the plough.<br/> <br/> Revenge is tasteless.<br/> One falls, one raises.<br/> <br/> Build a city<br/> Doomed to last.<br/> Deep dig the trench<br/> That none will pass.<br/> What have you done?<br/> Soldier no!!<br/> But it's too late,<br/> Or it was fate...<br/> <br/> Lemuralia (I) don't need,<br/> Lethe is deep enough<br/> To forget and forgive.<br/> Kings do not cry,<br/> Brother, good bye...<br/> <br/> Slowly flow Tinber tonight,<br/> Through woods, sands and marshes,<br/> sing an ancient lullaby<br/> For a child is cold<br/> needs a hand to hold.
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
Painted Greeks and soldiers<br/> On the edge of time,<br/> Melting in the rain.<br/> <br/> Whores and philosophers,<br/> Lonely ruders,<br/> cold Bosphorean wind blows<br/> the dying night.<br/> <br/> Themistius, writer,<br/> Consult, pagan<br/> High librarian.<br/> Witness of countless<br/> fake emperors,<br/> Cursed to save as much as I can<br/> Before dawn.<br/> <br/> I see it coming:<br/> A new age<br/> I didn't call,<br/> Nor asked for,<br/> <br/> All is vain,<br/> Every book carries<br/> <br/> A destiny<br/> Of pain.<br/> <br/> Still I'll try,<br/> I cannot stop.<br/> Like this rain,<br/> Drop by drop.<br/> <br/> Meaningless stars<br/> Move around.<br/> carry Rome<br/> what will come.<br/> <br/> Lucifer<br/> Has raised<br/> Nεa Pωμη<br/> don't be 'fraid.
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
I was thinking of very old times, when the<br/> Romans first came here, nineteen hundred<br/> years ago - the other day... (...) But darkness<br/> was there yesterday (...) cold, fog, tempests,<br/> disease, exile, and death,<br/> death skullking in the air, in the water,<br/> in the bushes."
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
We have no names,<br/> band of brothers<br/> steadily minding at each other.<br/> <br/> We raise our hearts<br/> between the Walls.<br/> till the northern edge of the world.<br/> <br/> Darkness all around,<br/> endless nights<br/> and frozen breath.<br/> <br/> Go! Legion, in march!<br/> Through mud 'n' marches,<br/> wait for pain, expect no arches.<br/> <br/> We have seen it all,<br/> battles and war<br/> and Hibernia's nightly shores.<br/> <br/> Druids and forests,<br/> blasphemous gods,<br/> begging our blood.<br/> <br/> Nona Hispanica,<br/> Invicta legio!<br/> Across the hell,<br/> carrying a secret<br/> from Eboracum<br/> to Dyntagell.<br/> <br/> Caesar forged its name,<br/> Claudius brought it here,<br/> We carried their biers<br/> 'n' Boudica's shame.<br/> <br/> Britannia, we go.<br/> Miss you? Oh no!<br/> Keep marching to the East,<br/> forget your mist.<br/> <br/> We have no names,<br/> band of brothers<br/> steadily minding at each other.<br/> <br/> Rome is just a dream.<br/> Marble and gold<br/> lighted by a gentle sunbeam...<br/> <br/> Leaden stormy seas,<br/> blue savages,<br/> black silent trees.<br/> <br/> We have no names,<br/> band of brothers<br/> steadily minding at each other.<br/> <br/> Picts 'n' Scots beware,<br/> it won't be long<br/> you will miss our songs.<br/> <br/> Rome will fade away,<br/> for when it's time<br/> we leave a sign.<br/> <br/> Nona Hispanica,<br/> Invicta legio!<br/> Across the hell,<br/> carrying a secret<br/> from Eboracum<br/> to Dyntagell.<br/> <br/> Emperor's Chalybic steel<br/> in stone will stand to guard this land.<br/> Ensis caliburnus waits<br/> for a younger hand.
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
Elephants do not - fear snow<br/> More than my men - fear (this) wine,<br/> Bloody, red,<br/> Southern shine.<br/> <br/> I count the rings - but I see<br/> My drown father's pale face,<br/> the promise<br/> That I've made.<br/> <br/> Winter asks for a break<br/> Long silent wake.<br/> Brothers! Cannae will never<br/> Be forgotten.<br/> Blood we wanted,<br/> Blood we've gotten.<br/> <br/> This country's rich - and mild<br/> home is strong, far - and wild<br/> Girls are nice,<br/> Smell of spices.<br/> <br/> I miss every grain of sand<br/> And I wish I had a chance.<br/> (But) Rome, you know:<br/> its me or you.<br/> <br/> Sons of Africa<br/> Now or never!<br/> Rome is just behind<br/> One last corner.<br/> <br/> Two proud cities, - one small sea<br/> Horses ready - to break free.<br/> Ebro's just a cheap excuse,<br/> for a treaty of no use,<br/> Chartago Delenda Est!<br/> <br/> So think Cato, - so Rome does<br/> There's room for - one of us.<br/> <br/> I am Hannibal, Thunderbolt!<br/> Drove my horsemen under Rome's door<br/> Zama can wait, there's still time,<br/> just an Imaginary line.<br/> <br/> This country's rich - and mld<br/> home is strong, far - and wild<br/> Girls are nice,<br/> Smell of spices.<br/> <br/> I miss every grain of sand<br/> And I wish I had a chance.<br/> (But) Rome, you know:<br/> its me or you.<br/> <br/> War's dirty, unkind,<br/> Pyrrus left behind<br/> I am its only lord.<br/> I'm Hannibal<br/> Thunderbolt!<br/> <br/> Legions and phalanges,<br/> No matter what you've done<br/> blows the wind<br/> And all is gone.<br/> <br/> War's dirty, unkind,<br/> Pyrrus left behind<br/> I am its only lord.<br/> I'm Hannibal<br/> Thunderbolt!
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
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Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
Weather is mild in march<br/> and wind blows gently.<br/> It comes far from the West,<br/> smells of peace and rest.<br/> <br/> I met Gauls and Numides,<br/> saw men and mice,<br/> Anerriphtho Kybos<br/> Let's cast this dice.<br/> <br/> Have you heard the witch?<br/> "Bewasre the ides of March".<br/> Should I indeed?<br/> Surrounded by terror,<br/> terror I feed.<br/> <br/> Once I marched to Rome,<br/> looking for a shadow,<br/> walked far, walked alone.<br/> I do know betrayal.<br/> <br/> I've been taught in Egypt.<br/> But traitors are mean,<br/> cheap to buy, cheap to sell.<br/> Little useless things.<br/> <br/> The dice is cast,<br/> and now it rolls for me.<br/> Kai su, teknon?<br/> Death is sweet is spring,<br/> comes on silent wings.<br/> <br/> Coem on Brutus,<br/> no regrets,<br/> Push the knife in my chest.<br/> <br/> I've always knew<br/> I wasn't wrong<br/> about you.<br/> <br/> Alas soldiers,<br/> women, friends.<br/> I will miss your scent.<br/> <br/> Cleopatra's<br/> fake smile,<br/> along Nile's banks.<br/> I knew few friends,<br/> horses, a lot.<br/> Is this all what I've got?<br/> <br/> Legions with me<br/> one last time,<br/> hail my name!
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
Constantinople saved it's empty walls<br/> for six-thousands dirty pounds of gold. (Of gold)<br/> Danube to Baltic, Ural to Rome,<br/> Saddle's my home.<br/> <br/> Scourge of God, but which God I wonder?<br/> All what I can't explain I fear, (You fear)<br/> But I know how to forgive 'n' plunder,<br/> How to bare pain.<br/> <br/> Honorika, like you I've hundreds.<br/> But I like corruption and madness, (mad-ness)<br/> I'll keep the ring, over your chest<br/> I'll grab the rest.<br/> <br/> Burnt by fever along this river,<br/> Omens around make me shiver.<br/> The man in white whispered words (His words)<br/> that stayed unheard.<br/> <br/> Rome in bigger<br/> than in my dreams,<br/> I know she always will be<br/> Bigger than me.<br/> Quietly dying,<br/> or sunken under the sea.<br/> <br/> Die drawn in your own blood,<br/> As a pig or cow could do.<br/> No vengeance, nothing grew<br/> the seed of you.
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
You, cruel sisters<br/> that from ruin<br/> pleasure borrow!<br/> I bleed tonight,<br/> Chartago flames tomorrow!<br/> <br/> I ran from Tyro.<br/> my gold was fake.<br/> A city was built<br/> against fate,<br/> made out of whores and arrows.<br/> <br/> Sweet banks of Africa,<br/> you, brown and blue,<br/> watching every move I do.<br/> A queen is a woman, down below,<br/> well they seem to know<br/> Don't make mistakes...<br/> <br/> He came from East<br/> dirty and wild.<br/> I was alive<br/> when he smiled<br/> and his eyes were kind and tired.<br/> <br/> I gave him all I had,<br/> I gave all myself.<br/> Not a single word he said.<br/> Naked in his arms, I prayed: "Stay..."<br/> I looked around,<br/> everything was broken.<br/> <br/> But why I trusted<br/> this men from the sea,<br/> stays a mystery<br/> to me...<br/> <br/> If you go, don't turn back,<br/> if you do you're weak.<br/> It's known to men's 'n' mice,<br/> weakness always pays a price.<br/> I failed, I'll pay,<br/> while you sail away.<br/> <br/> The fire burns high,<br/> your blade is harp.<br/> I feel it inside,<br/> hurts my hands.<br/> while I die, I understand.<br/> <br/> I die for pride,<br/> I die of rage.<br/> At your feet I laid,<br/> locked myself into your cage,<br/> but be afraid,<br/> ...my revenge is just delayed!
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
Please give me the inspiration<br/> For just one last great song!<br/> They think I'm crazy, well...<br/> they aren't wrong.<br/> <br/> 'cause I'm crazy 'bout you<br/> Rome the brave, the only one.<br/> Rome unfaithful beauty<br/> That said "no"!<br/> <br/> Burn, baby, burn!<br/> Tonight you will burn for me,<br/> naked at my feet.<br/> <br/> Could an artist look form more?<br/> This show will never die.<br/> The moon is full, under a<br/> burning sky.<br/> <br/> What I cannot take, I burn.<br/> What I cannot bend, I crash.<br/> Streets and temples old and worn,<br/> burn to ash.<br/> <br/> Slave, quick, bring me more wine.<br/> Emperor means all is mine,<br/> Souls, bodies and destinies.<br/> I decide who lives and dies.<br/> <br/> What a night to play!<br/> Ilium falls away,<br/> Climax and pathos,<br/> free extras at will.<br/> Pain for real.<br/> <br/> What a night to play!<br/> Ilium falls away,<br/> I sing, you pay.<br/> <br/> Burn, baby, burn!<br/> Just, they scream a bit too much.<br/> They lack my artist touch.<br/> <br/> Burn baby burn!<br/> Gardens and shrines I dream<br/> Over your ruins.<br/> <br/> This Christians can be<br/> a bit annoying to me<br/> they are useful, though,<br/> lamps for the night,<br/> cheap dog food.<br/> <br/> Of course it wasn't me,<br/> or you'd have seen!<br/> Strong, theatrical,<br/> a true artist job.<br/> Nero's seal.<br/> <br/> Now, philosopher,<br/> you say I'm crazy<br/> and it might be true...<br/> But you'd try to live<br/> as I do.
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
Antoninus: Are you afraid to die, Spartacus?<br/> Spartacus: No more than I was be born.<br/> When a free man dies, he loses the pleasure<br/> of life. A slave loses his pain. Death is the only<br/> freedom a slave knows. That's why he's not<br/> afraid of it. That's why we'll win.
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
We have no place to go,<br/> I do know.<br/> But you can't chain a crow<br/> Not really, no.<br/> <br/> Say no more,<br/> Hit the core!<br/> <br/> I missed my only chance.<br/> All at once<br/> I say him passing by<br/> I couldn't go.<br/> <br/> You're in train,<br/> Hold the pain!<br/> <br/> Ave, morituri te<br/> Salutant.<br/> <br/> His eyes were blue and calm,<br/> Still donno<br/> Why, when he showed his hand,<br/> I said "No".<br/> <br/> Slain the guards,<br/> Take the arms!<br/> <br/> I've heard of a forest,<br/> A river bed.<br/> Nothing like a home but<br/> We can rest.<br/> <br/> Be ourselves,<br/> Maybe free!<br/> <br/> Freedom is not for me<br/> It can't be.<br/> <br/> Together<br/> We have hope,<br/> Alone we'll die.<br/> This is why<br/> Now we say:<br/> "Show us the way!"<br/> <br/> Six thousand wooden crosses<br/> on the Appian way.<br/> Its Crassus golden cage for<br/> His birds of pray.<br/> <br/> We do not need a plan<br/> No more than<br/> A wolf or a tiny flea<br/> Broken free<br/> <br/> Raise your arm<br/> Claim a break!<br/> <br/> Well he knew those glances.<br/> Dusty days,<br/> Night of lust, bad romances<br/> went astray.<br/> <br/> Pity no,<br/> No regrets.<br/> <br/> They say he's dead, they cry,<br/> (but) What am I?<br/> <br/> Now he's gone<br/> From quick men's memory.<br/> Sand 'n' chains,<br/> Rome needs order 'n' games.<br/> All is cold,<br/> Freedom against gold.<br/> Not a trace,<br/> Right men in the wrong place.<br/> <br/> Twenty centuries have passed by now<br/> No more crosses on Appian way<br/> bones lay scattered around,<br/> souls fade away.<br/> <br/> Twenty centuries have passed by now,<br/> world's no better place to stay<br/> Spartacus' gone forever,<br/> We're still half way.
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026