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Hieroglyphics On the Tiber's River Walls

Walking along the Tiber's River walls, one discovers hieroglyphics depicting images of Romans engaging in battles; they seem mythical warriors so appealing. As legend goes, Romulus became the first roman king, he founded Rome once an insignificant rural village; in the shortest time, it grew into a powerful city that ruled the ancient world with intimidation and atrocity. Each hieroglyphic tells a story of victory, of defeat, of conquest, of cruelty and dominion: hear Julius Caesar speak against his enemy in the Roman Forum! It's such a sorrowful echo of distrust; hear the shouts of proud citizens overtaken by anger and disgust... even louder they would be after his premeditated assassination! Every empire old or new has known its glory in full; and Rome more than any empire has excelled them all. If those hieroglyphics tell of its greatness and superiority, they also should expose the evil minds of some emperors: like Caligula, Nero and Diocletian who ruled with a steady iron hand. Constantine's conversion to Christianity brought harmony, the inhumane slaughtering of innocent Christians was halted. Would this empire have survived without its legions of mighty stronghold? Hieroglyphics itched in triumphal arches, temples and monuments attest: that the rise to power takes an ingenuity which begins with a strategic concept. Today a world government is in its raw state, other hieroglyphics will be carved, and along with holograms, one sees images beyond imagination and belief. Will humans leave a testament of their existence with a science so brief?

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Date: 5/8/2016 3:58:00 AM
You did a great job on this poem Andrew! Ancient Egypt has always fascinated me. #7 ; )
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