The Mistake That Cost the Romans Their Empire

The Romans could have saved their empire, If only there had been fewer forests, For their enemies to hide in. In open land they reined supreme, Raging rivers they tamed, Swamps they drained, Deserts and mountain ranges, They found ways to cross, And tunneling had them at the top of their game. With their state-of-the-art war machines, No other army could compete, But with Archimedes long dead, And Leonardo da Vinci yet to be born, They were doomed to be short of chainsaws, To cut down enough trees, For their enemies to come out and play, On the Romans home ground.