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On The Caesars.

Caesar, only the will itself could throw away such potential as you.
Augustus, the peace won by a mere changing of name.
Tiberius, what a benevolent fool you were to have cut short so many lives.
Caligula, nobody was man enough to fill your little boots.
Claudius, proof that craftiness is the equal of cowardice when surrounded by family.
Nero, the most misunderstood of us all.
Galba, you found power lying low and held it equally high.
Otho, you did nought but keep history at bay.
Vitellius, you may well have lamented the whereabouts of your legions.
Vespasian, none but you really knew how to get stuck in with a good days work.
Titus, waiting wings wait for nothing.
Domitian, how beautiful was your cruelty, how handsome your appropriating of
others deeds.
Nerva, the wise should always be punished as were you.
Trajan, forward thinking does not always lead onwards.
Hadrian, never was there such an admirable retreat as yours.
Antoninus Pius, administration isn't the name of the game.
Marcus Aurelius, stand down from your austere fortitude.
Lucius Verus, such manly busts leave so little said of your shared time.
Commodus, the first to realize the symbiosis in nature of man, god and beast.
Pertinax, only in name did you reign.
Didius Julianus, you at least surpassed your predecessor.
Septimus Severus, a sign of things to come.
Pescennius Niger, keep the coffers flowing.
Clodius Albinus, quintessentially Roman.
Caracalla, your public knew you not.
Geta, many a years meticulous striving in vain.
Gordian I, wasted potential by popular demand.
Gordian II, they showed as little regard for your life as your ideas.
Balbinus, Rome already sacked from within.
Diocletian, great ideas should show a little more foresightedness.
Maximian, rarely has a pyramid remained thrice headed.
Constantine, the damage was already done
Julian, the cup was dashed although still full.
Jovian, ignoble, ignoble, ignoble.
Valentinian, get out while the going's still good.
Theodosius, I cannot go on.
Romulus Augustulus, neither can you.

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