How is the valiant fallen
on the mountain?
Swifter than eagles
stronger than lions
the arm of Rome fallen
to cunning.
Give me back my legions
Quinctilius Varus!
Had you been diligent,
as you are with denarius,
strategically planning
the battle
you might have uncovered
the heart of the barbarian
and Rome would not have fallen
to Germania.
Tell it not at the gathering
Senatus
weep not at the forum
via Appia
lest the enemy glut!
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9AD battle of Teutoburg. Ambushed by the Germans Varus lost three Roman Legions.
Categories:
denarius, history,
Form: Lyric
A
pound
Sterling –
two forty
Saxon hammered coins;
silver pennies or “little stars1”.
It
was
Offa
of Mercia,
eighth century king2,
first issued the silver penny,
and two hundred and forty weighed one pound or libra.
He
copied
the Roman
denarius coin
so one penny became “1d.”
and twelve of these equalled one solidus, or “1s.”
And
thus
became
L.s.d. –
Pounds, shillings and pence.
Sad
day
annus horribilis
nineteen sev’nty one
when decimalisation came
and Great Britain lost her monetary heritage.
Categories:
denarius, money,
Form: Fibonacci