Pieces of the world were born in Rome Seeping into memories like water in the loam From the mind of Caesar, seed of the empire Far from the senate and its opulent liars A celestial prodigy from the roman ideals An unspoken agreement from the rancor now appeals Soaked with bronze Rising king on falling pawns The echoes of betrayal fill the air Foreign walls are suffused with rage and despair Winds of war are blowing on the conquered limes A die is cast from the hands of Atargatis and Isis Swords from Zela to Alesia A wolf roars among spaleses and galeas Marmoreal bane Honored by slain Nobility The garden of hate Heart of the people And of their fate Milestones and legions Wet by five seas Signs in the sky of a tormented peace Carved into a man with words of fire The empire Bleeding human veins cut By copper asses Silence becomes violence White robes dyed red Piled into the memory's webs In the curia expires the light of the plebs Optimates fear the power Who takes the heart of the people Conquers Rome The soul of Rome Viscid corruption Snakes down the arches A wheel of power Fueled by darkness Milestones and legions Wet by five seas Signs in the sky of a tormented peace Carved into a man with words of fire The empire