The Visigothic Sack of Rome
Scattered far and wide borders, fully occupied
Stretched thin in man, beast and taxes
A Magister Militum in four praetorian prefectures
Child of low character and breading
Promised lands for services rendered
Double cross and first blood all over again
Roused anger
The eternal city unviolated for over eight hundred years
Besieged, strangled and starved for gold and promised land
Wealth and riches bartered by senate for time and a new deal
One province of land of stead and home for the horde to free Rome
Child of low character and breading
A done deal with good will; troops withdrawn
Double cross and insult to injury all over again
Something personal
An expression of honor; a chance for a restoration
Two emperors will never do; follow the leader and the rule of law
It is all relative to who is in control of the food
Starved by strangled lines of supply to hold the throne
Child of low character and breading
Parley per chance to settle and lay rest
Double cross; Thrice as could be expected
Extreme prejudice
Spare the churches and the emperor's sister
Three days ravaged and burned in vengeance for the throne
The streets stained red with the blood of Rome
A murder paternal, of imperial legion on the way to the west of France
Published by Walton S. Tissot
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Post a CommentWow, lots of societal impact in this one :)
My husband should read this. He loves all things to do with Roman History. There are a lot of parallels between our society now and theirs then. And so falls Rome.
;-)
A great poetic history lesson.
Excellent.
This is like Cliff Notes in verse. Excellent. It also feels like a grim foreshadowing of the future.