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- Romulus – Lupercal 4:03IntroLupa nutriens…Lupa nutriens…Roma condita est!Roma condita est!Verse 1Cast into the Tiber by a jealous king’s commandTwo infants drifting, fate had other plansThe she-wolf found us hungry on the river’s bendRaised us in the cave, taught us how to hunt and mendI am Romulus, blood of Mars and royal lineRemus by my side, we claimed the hills as mineSeven hills to rule, we staked the sacred groundBut pride became the blade when my brother turned aroundPre-ChorusFrater contra fratremSangvis in terraUrbs nasciturIn caede primaChorusRoma! From the wolf I riseRoma! Blood upon the skiesLupercal! Hear the city cryRomulus! King or killer, I decideRoma condita estRoma condita estBuilt on bone and furyRoma condita estDrop“RO-MA! RO-MA! CON-DI-TA EST!”Verse 2I plowed the furrow deep, the pomerium lineRemus laughed and leaped it — crossed the sacred signMy hand struck true, the first wall held its claimA city born in murder, forever bears my nameThe Sabines came in rage, the women bridged the warWe fused the bloodlines stronger than beforeFrom outcast and from exile, refugees we calledTogether built the forums, together we stood tallBridgeMemento, RomaPrimus sanguis tuusMemento, RomaLupa eternaFinal ChorusRoma! From the wolf I riseRoma! Eternal through the liesLupercal! Echoes never dieRomulus! The founder, the fratricideRoma condita estRoma condita estCarved in blood and marbleRoma condita estOutroLupa… Lupa…Roma condita est……Roma… aeterna.
- Tarquin – Rex Expulsus 3:38IntroRex superbus…Rex superbus…Libertas!Libertas!Verse 1Seventh king of Rome, Tarquin wore the crown too proudRuled with iron fist, turned the city into bowedHis son Sextus took Lucretia in the dead of nightDefiled her honor, drove her to the blade of lightShe called her father, husband, spilled her blood to tellThe shame would end the monarchy, ring its final bellBrutus took the dagger, held it high for all to seeSwore upon her corpse: no king would ever rule the freePre-ChorusPopulus RomanusIura sua defenditTyrannus caditRes Publica surgitChorusRex expulsus!No more kings, no more chainsRex expulsus!Liberty runs in our veinsRes Publica!From the blood of the pureRes Publica!Rome will endureLibertas! Libertas!The people have spokenLibertas! Libertas!The throne is brokenDrop“LI-BER-TAS! LI-BER-TAS! RES PUB-LI-CA!”Verse 2The Tarquins fled to exile, their royal bloodline cursedBrutus led the charge, put the Republic firstFasces without the axe, the Senate took commandConsuls for a year, power shared by steady handWe drove the kings from every gate, from every sacred stoneNo single man above the law, no man upon the throneFrom this day forward, Rome belongs to us aloneThe people are the power, the city is our ownBridgeMemento, RomaTyrannis finitaMemento, RomaLibertas aeternaFinal ChorusRex expulsus!The tyrant is cast downRex expulsus!No king wears the crownRes Publica!Built on justice and mightRes Publica!We claim the rightLibertas! Libertas!The people have risenLibertas! Libertas!The future is writtenOutroRes Publica…Res Publica……Libertas… aeterna.
- Hannibal – Hostis Publicus 4:33IntroBarbarus... Barbarus... (Barbarian... Barbarian...)Verse 1They said the mountains were the walls of the world,Ice so thick that no flag could be unfurled.We sat in the Senate, wrapped in our white wool,Thinking the gods made us safe, thinking we were full.But the scout came back, face pale as the snow,Speaking of a ghost army moving silent and low.Not just men with spears, but monsters in the mist,Gray giants with the tusks, shaking up the wrist.He crossed the impossible, he broke the cold seal,Now the frostbite is coming, and the danger is real.General Barca, with the hate in his vein,Bringing vengeance to our throat, bringing us the pain.Every step they take is a crack in the shield,Now the snow is turning red on the alpine field.ChorusHANNIBAL AD PORTAS! (Hannibal is at the gates!)The nightmare is walking, the monster is here,We trade our arrogance for the taste of the fear.HANNIBAL AD PORTAS!The Alps couldn't hold him, the rock wouldn't keep,Now the wolf is awake, and the shepherd's asleep.Verse 2Fast forward to the field, where the dust hits the lung,Seventy thousand dead, and the song isn't sung.He tricked us at the river, he flanked us at the bend,I watched the Legion crumble, I watched the Empire end.We are trapped in the circle, the swords closing in,Paying for the pride, paying for the sin.He collects the gold rings from the hands of the dead,Bushels of the Senate's gold, heavy and red.He doesn't want the city, he just wants to watch it bleed,Planting terror in the soil like a poisonous seed.You can hear the elephants trumpet, a sound from hell,Ringing in our ears like a funeral bell.BridgeDelenda... Est... (It must be... destroyed...)He can kill the men.He can crush the body.But he cannot kill the idea.We don't surrender. We don't bend the knee.If we have to burn the world to be free... then burn it.URBS DELENDA EST! (The City must be destroyed!)Guitar SoloChorusHANNIBAL AD PORTAS! (Hannibal is at the gates!)The nightmare is walking, the monster is here,We trade our arrogance for the taste of the fear.HANNIBAL AD PORTAS!The Alps couldn't hold him, the rock wouldn't keep,Now the wolf is awake, and the shepherd's asleep.OutroHe's here.
- Spartacus – Rex Servorum 4:35IntroCapua... Capua...Verse 1I wake up to the whip, I sleep to the chain,They sell us for the muscle, they buy us for the pain.Gladiator school, yeah, they call it a "school,"Where you learn to die pretty for a rich man's rule.Sand in my teeth, blood on the grate,They think we are beasts, sealed by our fate.But a beast has teeth, and a beast can bite,We grabbed the kitchen knives in the middle of the night.Seventy men running for the shadow of the peak,Vesuvius is waiting for the strong and the weak.We aren't fighting for a flag or a piece of the map,We're fighting just to get our necks out of the trap.No armor on our chest, just the fire inside,The Senate calls it riot, we call it the tide.ChorusLIBERTAS! (Freedom!)Break the iron, snap the bone,We built your empire, now we want it for our own.NULLUS DOMINUS! (No Master!)The shackles are off, the silence is dead,We paint the Roman eagle with a coat of red.We are not things! We are men!LIBERTAS!Verse 2We climbed the volcano, we hid in the vine,They sent the legions up, walking in a line.But we came down the cliffs like a rockslide crash,Turned the Praetor's army into nothing but ash.Now the whispers are running through the Roman street,"The slaves have a general who refuses to retreat."I look at my brothers, from Gaul and from Thrace,Different tongues, different gods, same look on the face.We don't want your gold, we don't want your wine,We just want to walk where the sun can shine.But Crassus is coming with the weight of the bank,Buying up soldiers, rank after rank.They say freedom is free, but that's a lie we are told,Freedom is the most expensive thing you can hold.BridgeSpokenSix thousand crosses.Lined up along the road.A warning to the future.A mile of death.You can kill the man, hang him high on the wood,But you can't kill the thought that we did what we could.Miserere... Miserere...Guitar SoloChorusLIBERTAS! (Freedom!)Break the iron, snap the bone,We built your empire, now we want it for our own.NULLUS DOMINUS! (No Master!)The shackles are off, the silence is dead,We paint the Roman eagle with a coat of red.I AM SPARTACUS!LIBERTAS!OutroWe were free... for a moment.
- Eternal Legion – Legio Aeterna 4:24IntroDies irae, dies illaSolvet saeclum in favillaTeste David cum SibyllaRoma aeterna… Roma aeterna…Verse 1I was born where the Tiber runs red with the blood of kingsSeventh son of the Seventh Legion, iron in my veinsThey gave me a gladius at seven, told me mercy is a sinBy seventeen I painted Dacia crimson, came home with the eagle in my fistAquila on my chest, scars like marble veinsI walk the Forum ghosts salute me, Caesar knows my nameBut every night the shades of the fallen stand at the foot of my bedWhispering: "Frater, when do we march again?"Pre-ChorusMemento moriBellator in gloriaSangvis et honorRoma victor… aut nihilChorusI am the blade of the RepublicI am the fire in the nightWhen the empires fall around meI still stand and fightLegio aeternaThrough the ash I riseLegio aeternaTill the gods close my eyesDrop"Urbs aeterna! Bellum aeternum!"Verse 2Crossed the Rubicon with the Thirteenth, dice in my hand said "Alea iacta est"Fought in the shadow of pyramids, left pharaohs in the sandFrom the frostbitten walls of Caledonia to the burning sands of ParthiaEvery battlefield a prayer, every kill a hymn to MarsThey call me "Ultor" now the last of the old breedMy shield is cracked, my plume is black, but my heart still bleedsI hear the Senate scheming, poison in their wineBut while I breathe, the eagle flies, and Rome will never dieBridgeRequiem aeternam dona eis, DomineEt lux perpetua luceat eis…sed non mihi non mihi…Final ChorusI am the blade of the RepublicI am the storm that never diesWhen the world burns down around meYou'll still hear my battle cryLegio aeternaCarved in blood and stoneLegio aeternaEven when I march aloneOutroRoma invicta…Roma invicta……Roma… aeterna.
- Caesar – Alea Iacta Est 4:07IntroVeni, vidi, vici…Veni, vidi, vici…Alea iacta est!Alea iacta est!Verse 1I crossed the Alps with legions, Gaul bowed beneath my heelEight years of blood and fire, taught the world to kneelFifty triumphs in my name, the Senate feared my riseThey gave me twenty days to lay my laurels down and compromiseBut I stood upon the Rubicon, the river small and coldA voice inside me whispered: "The die must now be rolled"I turned to the Thirteenth, said "We march on Rome tonight"The Republic ends at dawn, the Empire claims its rightPre-ChorusRubicon transitusFatum meum vocatSenatus tremitCaesar imperatChorusAlea iacta est!The die is cast, no turning backAlea iacta est!I claim the throne in red and blackVeni, vidi, vici!I came, I saw, I wonVeni, vidi, vici!The Republic is undoneCaesar! Caesar!Master of the gameCaesar! Caesar!History speaks my nameDrop"A-LE-A! IAC-TA EST! VE-NI! VI-DI! VI-CI!"Verse 2Pompey fled to Greece, I hunted him across the seaPharsalus broke his legions, the world belonged to meCleopatra in Egypt crowned me in her bed of goldA son upon the Nile, a dynasty yet untoldBut the Senate schemed in shadows, Liberatores they called themselvesFifty blades in the Theatre of Pompey, struck me where I fellEt tu, Brute? My final breath, the floor ran red with fateYet even in my death, the Empire sealed its gateBridgeMemento, CaesarIdus MartiaeMemento, CaesarImperium aeternumFinal ChorusAlea iacta est!The die is cast, the throne is mineAlea iacta est!Even death can't stop the lineVeni, vidi, vici!I came, I saw, I reignVeni, vidi, vici!Through blood and eternal fameCaesar! Caesar!The Republic is overthrownCaesar! Caesar!The Empire is my ownOutroAlea iacta est…Alea iacta est……Caesar… aeternus.
- Augustus – Princeps 3:59IntroImperator…Princeps…Pax Romana…Pax Romana…Verse 1I was Octavian once, the heir with blood on my handsAvenged the Ides of March, crushed the killers in the sandActium broke Antony, Cleopatra's fleet went downI stood alone in Rome, the only power in the townI gave the Senate back its voice, but kept the legions nearCalled myself Princeps, First Citizen, not king to calm their fearI closed the gates of Janus, no war upon the landTwo hundred years of peace forged by my steady handPre-ChorusAugustus divi filiusRestitutor orbisPax et imperiumRoma renataChorusPrinceps!I am the peace that Rome has wonPrinceps!The golden age has just begunPax Romana!The world beneath my signPax Romana!Eternal and divineAugustus! Augustus!Builder of the dreamAugustus! Augustus!Rome supremeDrop"PAX! RO-MA-NA! AUG-US-TUS!"Verse 2I built the marble city where the brick once stood beforeForums, temples, theatres — glory evermoreRoads that bind the provinces, aqueducts that never ceaseFrom Hispania to Syria, the world lives in my peaceI reformed the laws, the calendar bears my nameJuly turned to August, forever in my frameAdopted heirs to carry on when I would pass awayThe Empire would outlive me, the gods had willed it so that dayBridgeMemento, RomaPrinceps primusMemento, RomaPax aeternaFinal ChorusPrinceps!I am the light that guides the statePrinceps!I sealed the Empire's fatePax Romana!From sea to shining seaPax Romana!The world belongs to meAugustus! Augustus!The first of emperorsAugustus! Augustus!Forever Rome enduresOutroPax Romana…Pax Romana……Augustus… aeternus.
- Nero – Fiddler’s Fire 3:44IntroRoma ardet…Roma ardet…Nero cantat…Nero cantat…Verse 1I took the throne at seventeen, the world was mine to playMother's blood still warm when I claimed the purple that dayI raced the chariots, I sang upon the stageThe Senate called it scandal, I called it golden ageBut the city burned one summer night, the flames lit up the skyThey whispered I was fiddling while the people screamed and diedI needed space for gardens, a palace fit for godsSo let the old Rome crumble, rebuild it without flawsPre-ChorusDomus aureaFlammae devorantNero imperatorLuxuria regnatChorusFiddler's fire!Watch the city burn tonightFiddler's fire!I create in smoke and lightRoma ardet!While I sing my empire's songRoma ardet!In the ashes I belongNero! Nero!Madness on the throneNero! Nero!Rome is mine aloneDrop"RO-MA AR-DET! NE-RO CAN-TAT!"Verse 2I blamed the Christians for the blaze, threw them to the beasts and flameTorches in my gardens, living lights to praise my nameThe mob still cheered my verses, the Senate bowed in fearBut poison in the wine, rebellion drawing nearGalba rises in the provinces, the Praetorians turn awayMy final act upon the stage: I helped myself to day"Qualis artifex pereo" — what an artist dies in meThe Julio-Claudians end in blood, the dynasty ceases to beBridgeMemento, RomaIgnis et furorMemento, RomaFinis ClaudiorumFinal ChorusFiddler's fire!The empire tastes the flameFiddler's fire!Madness bears my nameRoma ardet!From the ashes none are sparedRoma ardet!The golden house is baredNero! Nero!The monster on the throneNero! Nero!Rome weeps aloneOutroRoma ardet…Roma ardet……Nero… moritur.
- Commodus – Gladiator’s End 3:54IntroGladiator…Imperator…Hercules…Hercules…Verse 1Son of Marcus Aurelius, born in purple, raised for ruleBut the throne felt small, so I stepped into the schoolLion skin on my shoulders, Hercules reborn in fleshI fought the beasts, I fought the men, I craved the crowd's caressThe Senate called me monster, whispered poison in the darkBut the mob screamed louder when I left my bloody markI renamed the months for me, the legions bore my nameRome was my arena, every day another gamePre-ChorusCommodus invictusLudus magnus dominusSenatus ploratPopulus clamatChorusGladiator!I fight and bleed for Rome's delightGladiator!Emperor of the endless fightIn the sand! In the sand!My empire stands or fallsIn the sand! In the sand!Hear the arena callCommodus! Commodus!God in human formCommodus! Commodus!Born to kill and performDrop"COM-MO-DUS! IN-VIC-TUS! ARE-NA!"Verse 2I slew the giraffes, the ostriches, the prisoners in chainsArrows from my chariot, a hundred deaths for fameThe golden house was gone, but the Colosseum was mineEvery kill a prayer to the gods of blood and wineBut the games grew thin, the grain ran low, the people turned awayPraetorians bought with promises, my sister led the playPoison in the wine, then the wrestler's hands so tightThe Hercules of Rome strangled in the nightBridgeMemento, RomaFinis AntoninorumMemento, RomaLudus terminatFinal ChorusGladiator!My final fight is doneGladiator!The monster's race is runIn the sand! In the sand!The emperor lies stillIn the sand! In the sand!The arena claims its killCommodus! Commodus!The god-emperor fallsCommodus! Commodus!Silence fills the hallsOutroHercules… moritur…Hercules… moritur……Commodus… finis.
- Constantine – In Hoc Signo 4:08IntroIn hoc signo…In hoc signo vinces…Constantinus…Constantinus…Verse 1Milvian Bridge at dawn, Maxentius across the tideMy banners bore the old gods, but doubt was eating me insideA vision in the heavens, a cross of light against the sunA voice that thundered clear: "In this sign thou shalt overcome"I marked the shields with Chi-Rho, the labarum led the wayThe river broke the enemy, Maxentius drowned that dayFrom persecutor to protector, I turned the wheel of fateEdict of Milan signed, the Church would never more awaitPre-ChorusCrux ChristiSignum victoriaeImperium novumDeus mecumChorusIn hoc signo!By this sign I conquer allIn hoc signo!Old gods rise and old gods fallConstantine! Constantine!The cross above the throneConstantine! Constantine!The Empire is rebornIn hoc signo vinces!In hoc signo vinces!Heaven claims the crownDrop"IN HOC SIG-NO! VIN-CES! CON-STAN-TI-NUS!"Verse 2I called the fathers to Nicaea, forged the creed they speak todayOne God, one faith, one baptism — the truth to light the wayI built the churches high, the Holy Sepulchre aroseMoved the capital eastward where the new Rome growsYet the West begins to tremble, the legions thin and tiredBarbarians at the borders, the old fires slowly expireI wore the purple still, but the cross now shared my reignA bridge between two worlds, forever marked by changeBridgeMemento, RomaDeus imperatorMemento, RomaMutatio aeternaFinal ChorusIn hoc signo!The old world fades awayIn hoc signo!A new dawn breaks the dayConstantine! Constantine!The last great Roman lightConstantine! Constantine!Guiding through the nightIn hoc signo vinces!In hoc signo vinces!The cross will still endureOutroIn hoc signo…In hoc signo vinces……Constantinus… aeternus.
- Odoacer – Ultimus Romanorum 4:30FinaleIntroRoma cadens…Roma cadens…Ultimus Romanorum…Ultimus Romanorum…Verse 1The year was four seventy-six, the West had bled too longBarbarians in the legions, the old songs almost goneRomulus Augustulus, a boy upon the throneA puppet in purple, sitting cold and all aloneI was Odoacer, Herulian chief with foederati steelThe armies followed me now, Rome had lost its zealI marched on Ravenna, no battle, no great fightThe boy-emperor yielded, gave up the purple without spitePre-ChorusImperium occidensLegiones fractaeSenatus silensFinis antiquorumChorusUltimus RomanorumThe last light fades awayUltimus RomanorumNo emperor left to obeyRoma cadensThe eagle falls to earthRoma cadensWhat was the empire worthOdoacer! Odoacer!The crown is cast asideOdoacer! Odoacer!The Western throne has diedDrop"RO-MA CA-DENS… UL-TI-MUS… RO-MA-NO-RUM…"Verse 2I sent the regalia east to Zeno in the new Rome's hallOne empire now, no West to rise or fallI ruled as king of Italy, not emperor, not in nameThe Senate still existed, but it wasn't the sameThe aqueducts still stood, the roads still bore the stoneBut the heart had gone from Rome, the spirit overthrownNo more the purple mantle, no more the laurel crownThe ancient world was buried in the silence of the groundBridgeMemento, RomaGloria tua periitMemento, RomaUmbra manetFinal ChorusUltimus RomanorumThe Western flame is coldUltimus RomanorumThe greatest story toldRoma cadensEternal in our scarsRoma cadensWe reach for fallen starsOdoacer! Odoacer!I closed the ancient gateOdoacer! Odoacer!The end of Roman fateOutroRoma cadens…Roma cadens……Roma… aeterna.
- Dark Ages – Tenebrae Aetatis 3:56Intro"Kyrie, miserere." (Lord, have mercy.)Verse 1The Emperor's gold is worthless, the legions disappeared.Now the forest is the king, and the law is what is feared.We live by the sickle's scratch, harvest in the frost,The knowledge of the ancients, all that wisdom is lost.No road paved with marble, just the dirt that holds the rain,Every village an island surrounded by the pain.We burn the old libraries, 'cause hunger ain't got time for books,Survival is the motive, written in our haunted looks.The sun is just a memory, the sky is always gray,We pray for a single bread crust to make it through the day.Mi hear the wolves calling, they circle close and wide,And the man who claims he owns this land, he got nowhere to hide.Pre-ChorusThe world we thought was solid, it just broke itself in two.Now we only trust what's true.ChorusORA PRO NOBIS, DOMINE! (Pray for us, Lord!)The field is black mud, the seed is never sure.We live on borrowed breath, fighting to endure.Every dawn is a gamble, every night is a cold tomb,Only the voice of the Father can cut through the gloom.SANCTUS DEUS, SANCTUS FORTIS! (Holy God, Holy Mighty One!)Verse 2The priest holds the cross up, eyes glazed with the fear,Saying, "God is testing mankind, redemption is near."But the pestilence moves fast, it don't care about the rich man's gold,It takes the baby from the cradle, leaves the story untold.We dig the graves shallow, we got no strength to weep,Just cover up the bodies, pray the sickness goes to sleep.You talk about philosophy? That was another age.Now the simple prayer is the only truth on the page.We trust the worn word, the wisdom of the few,We walk these ruined fields, under the unchanging sky.Just waiting for the signal to rise up or to die.BridgeThe kings rise and fall, the gold turn into dust.But the human need for meaning is the only thing we trust.The empire was a beautiful, violent lie.But the hunger in the belly is the truth that never dies.We walk these ruined fields...Final ChorusORA PRO NOBIS, DOMINE! (Pray for us, Lord!)The field is black mud, the seed is never sure.We live on borrowed breath, fighting to endure.Every dawn is a gamble, every night is a cold tomb,Only the voice of the Father can cut through the gloom.SANCTUS DEUS, SANCTUS FORTIS! (Holy God, Holy Mighty One!)OutroChantThe darkness... it always comes back...Lord, save our souls...
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