Rome - 2 - Poem by Paolo Giuseppe Mazzarello

At work the Roman Ladies waited for their conscript men at war.
Those men had the conscript fathers at Senate and nobody felt alone.
There were the Civil Wars but the aristocrats were not so rich.
The plebeians were not so poor and, basically, were in command.
The Roman Army was attached and learned how to attach.
The republic was a company and the consuls were less powerful and more reliable temporary CEO.
Then the town expanded because the plebeians had only this opportunity of career.
Sometimes Rome carried its violence too far but had only this opportunity of exaggerating.
The swords of the enemies cut the skin of the well-organized Romans too.
The women suffered as well and people were brave.