Crassus and the Appian Way
(A slightly reworked rerun. I was digging around in my archieves and decided to bump it up.)
I promise you a new Rome.
I promise you a new Empire.
-Marcus Licinius CrassusWent down the road to Damascus,
The road to Mandalay
Met the ghost of Caesar
On the Appian Way
He said, It’s hard to stop this binging
Once you get a taste
But the road to empire
Is a bloody, stupid waste
And it’s a long road out of Eden
-The EaglesAnd I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand…
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?
-ColdplayIt shall not be so among you.
-Jesus
The Appian Way.
The Great Road to Rome.
The Road of the Roman Triumphs.
“All roads lead to Rome.”
I hope not.
I believe there is another way.
A better way than the Appian Way.
The King’s Highway.
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