Romans planning to invade Mesopotamia
CENTURION’S
COMPLAINT
By John Haag
I tell you, Rome ain’t what it used
to be:
the town’s got fat, the boys
don’t want to fight
or want to fight
for spoils; they’ve got in sight
some
manor house or mansion by the sea.
We
don’t know what we fight for any
more:
time was, the farmers fought for their
own farms;
now it’s nobles’
slaves we keep down by arms,
and lucky if we
eat, outside the corps.
We’ve planted
the wide world with Roman graves
and still
plow on; but can you tell me why
the
lordlings dance and banquet while we
die?
That jewish cult that claims even the
slaves
have souls is gaining ground, and no
surprise –
you push a guy too far and
he gets wise.
Posted: Tue - October 1, 2002 at 06:45 PM