Roman Legion

Ignatius inspected his cohort The unknown one and his men He needed the best to fight for him He needed the best to fight for them Iduma stood tall, with a beard of fiery red Didn’t like Ignatius, he wanted his job instead Now was the time, he could prove his worth He was born to be a leader; he knew it from birth Ianus the two-faced one, wasn’t sure whose side to take He watched Ignatius and Iduma, he waited for his break The cohorts were ordered to drink, and sup from the pool Then Ignatius would pick his men, he was nobody’s fool To take Britannia from Caesar, that was Ignatius’ game And then he wouldn’t be unknown, everyone will know his name The ones that sipped from the pool, while keeping watch around They were the cohorts Ignatius used, his cohorts he had found Caesar when he slept, would be in his tent set by the river Ignatius sent his men, to bring back the Caesar’s liver Iduma heard the plan, his temper rose and boiled He would not let Caesar die; it was Ignatius that would be broiled Ianus watched them both, a side he needed to pick He wanted to be on the winning one, he knew he must act quick The cohorts crept into the camp; to take Caesar was their plan Then Ignatius knew he would be leader, he would be their man Ianus decided to foil the plan, and so he set a small trap He told Caesar what was afoot, and then his thigh did slap He hid in Caesars’ tent and waited for the cohorts But it seemed to him that Idouma… must have read his thoughts His two-faced trickery failed, at the conception of his plan Iduma didn’t trust him, he was a two-faced man Ianus of the two faces would pick sides when things were good But he hadn’t counted on Idouma; it was something that he should Ignatius failed to take Caesar, and will forever remain unknown Londinium became a diocese, of the Roman throne With Ianus dead and Ignatius too, that left only Iduma with his men For Caesar to promote him, not of one cohort, but ten. Ignatius . Loose translations in Latin …..Unknowning Iduma… ……………………………. red Ianus… …………………………… two faces. Caesar……………………………………King Cohorts…….. The Legion was split into 10 Cohorts. The Cohorts were divided into Centuries. The First Cohort contained five centuries of 160 'crack troops.