Ancient Rome’s debut, Romulus, Remus, they knew, City’s birth in view.

Monarchy did start, Seven kings ruled, played their part, Republic’s fresh chart.

Power to the plebs, Senators and their webs, Cicero’s wise pleads.

Conquests, Punic Wars, Carthage fell, triumphant roars, Empire’s first great doors.

Julius Caesar’s fame, Brutus and the Senate’s aim, Ides of March’s claim.

Augustus did rise, Pax Romana’s grandest prize, Empire’s steady ties.

Trajan, Hadrian’s reign, Empire’s borders did sustain, Height it would attain.

Christianity’s spread, Persecutions widespread, Faith the martyrs bled.

Invasions, turmoil, Huns, Visigoths, Roman soil, Empire’s slow uncoil.

476 AD’s fate, Odoacer’s conquest state, Western Empire’s weight.

Byzantium’s gate, Constantinople, strong, great, Eastern Empire’s fate.

Justinian’s name, Hagia Sophia’s fame, Empire’s legal claim.

Arab-Byzantine strife, Crusades brought further life, Empire’s later life.

1453’s fall, Ottoman Turks did enthral, Byzantine’s final call.

Rome’s history vast, Kingdom, Republic, held fast, Empire’s echoes cast.