Thread: Roman history, made limerick

Of plague poor Strabo lay dying
An end to his cheating and lying
But heavenly fire
Made his tent a pyre
Strabo’s plague was cured by frying.

On the sands swords put paid to Pompey
Making young Caesar quite grumpy
He took Cleo’s side
Tanned Ptolemey’s hide
And took her off for some rumpy-pumpy

Sulla marched into the forum
Established a personal Quorum
But in his hour
Gave up his power
Died in peace and was burnt with decorum

The Samanite screams reached Bellona
Where the senate met with their new owner
The message was clear
All men must fear
A republic restored by this doner

Marius was seven times consul
A general his villa was martial
Built to his stamp
Laid out like a camp
In proportion exceeding palatial

Cicero was an orator
A peacock, a poseur, a prater
But undid his coat
And laid bare his throat
When assassins caught up with him later

Bravo Olly! Those are wonderful. And together they make quite a History lesson.

Julius Caesar did a beezer
Off the coast of France
His father tried to do the same
And did it in his pants.

What are you doing in poetry? You are following me aren't you? no use whistling and jiggling your hands in your pockets. Historically inaccurate, and no content disclaimer* there either, not that they are allowed on posts. In my day it was,

Julius Caesar, Roman geezer
Kept his wife in a lemon squeezer

Not the faintest idea why, other than you could chant it.

*The content of Dad's pants

I know I'm going to be sorry I asked, but what is a beezer? All I can find is prize fighter's slang for nose.

Loved the limerick, Olly. Now, is this a British saying? "rumpy-pumpy"? Absolutely charming! If I'm guessing correctly there certainly is allot of that going around, accounting for population increase.

I especially liked the last stanza, the most important part of a poem. And the alliteration ran real smoothly!

Cicero was an orator
A peacock, a poseur, a prater

A great piece!


And, Ox, I'm curious, too. What is a "beezer"? Did you misspell "geezer"?

Julius Caesar did a geezer?

I say no more!

That's pretty clever, Olly! Good job!

That has to be one of the best sums of the Roman empire I've ever read, LOL! Thumbs up on that one, it's great.

I had not seen them as stanzas Silver Moon, only as a group of related limericks, perhaps I should arrange them in some sort of chronological order, here is another,

The Caesar they named Augustus
Performed deeds noble and lustrous
He started Octavian
But Gaius was avian
And united the bumptious and fractious

Elegantly smooth Olly! And so educational, we should all be getting extra college credits simply for reading it.

We want MORE mate!

Originally Posted by Gumby

I know I'm going to be sorry I asked, but what is a beezer? All I can find is prize fighter's slang for nose.

Didn't know this one either Gumby, but I found the following definition for it. Apparently it's West Scottish/Northern Irish slang.

beezer
To mean something is or was amazing/cool/awesome
" here mate that was a f***ing beezer "

These are great, Olly!

The Caesar they named Augustus
Performed deeds noble and lustrous
He started Octavian
But Gaius was avian
And united the bumptious and fractious

I like, Olly! If you have more in that clever head of yours, send them over!

Gumby, SilverMoon, Recovery....oh, and Olly....

You'll just have to forgive an old man his failing memory. It's been over 60 years since I heard that rhyme, and I may be confused.