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+years before the advent of the christian era,
+as rome was taking over any land within reach,
+setting up proxy governmnents in the conquered lands,
+there lived one such man given just such a job.
+gaius verres. go.
+a praetor held a position which operated on trust.
+he was to govern instead of the emperor himself.
+it was an easy easy privilege to abuse.
+and verres did so.
+he was the governor of agrigentum which we now know as sicily.
+and he stole everything that wasn't nailed down,
+took improper advantage of other men's wives.
+the list goes on. trust me.
+cicero wrote it all down.
+at syracuse verres welcomed a band of pirates.
+they all drank and danced and sang on the shore,
+and when the husband of one of verres's paramours
+came bringing a fleet of boats with him,
+verius, clever, if diabolical, gave him a job.
+and enlisted the pirates to burn the whole fleet down.
+the boats burned in the sicilian harbor
+the flames rose hundreds of feet into the air
+we stood on the shore watching them burn we stood
+on the shore, we heard the old songs. hey!
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