Ancient Rome

R-R-R, Romulus R-R-R, Remus

R-R-R, Romulus R-R-R, Remus

R-R-R, Romulus (Tiber river's running through Rome)

R-R-R, Remus (Tiber river's running through Rome)

R-R-R, Romulus (Tiber river's running through Rome)

R-R-R, Remus, Rome (Tiber river's running through Rome)

Tiber river's running through Rome, Tiber river's running through Rome (Rome)

Tiber river's running through Rome, Tiber river's running through Rome (Rome)

I'm, "One who commands"

Ruling all provinces in my empire

Build aqueducts and say my name's Augustus

It's the Pax Romana

Nah, walk into the forum through the arch made of marble rock

Grand Uncle Caesar joined up with Cleopatra

If he hadn't died on the ides, he'd see me

And he'd say, "Man, that's how I beat Pompey"

Armies are obeying me

Goods are moving really free, government's efficient

And there's pax, Latin word for peace

No more of these punic wars fighting over Sicily

Hannibal crossed the Alps

Still, Carthage couldn't beat (Scipio Africanus)

And Hannibal had elephants

We were a Republic, a government run by elected ones

Who we call representatives

The branch that's called the Senate is controlled by nobles called patricians

But the poorer citizens and workers were called plebeians

Who chose the citizens' assembly

My name's on the calendar, my name's on the calendar

No for real, look at August, my name's on the calendar (Augustus)

We got concrete to build arch bridges

We got baths where you read and talk business (woo)

Build the Colosseum, fill the Colosseum (yeah)

Get some Gladiators, let the lions eat them (ha)

You know, the Roman Empire's growing

Got to keep the conquered people from revolting (whoa)

All of them should know the laws, plebeians and slaves will

See 'em in the forum and say, "They're the 12 tables"

I'm, "One who commands"

Ruling all provinces in my empire (whoa)

Build aqueducts and say my name's Augustus

It's the Pax Romana

I'm, "One who commands"

Ruling all provinces in my empire (whoa)

Build aqueducts and say my name's Augustus

It's the Pax Romana

Seven hills help protect us from invasion

Fertile farmland's in the plains of Latium

Volcanoes, they sometimes erupt like Mount Vesuvius

Pompeii was sad but their soil's rich (whoa)

The Italian peninsula's on Mediterranean trade routes

You'll see that it's shaped like a boot

My non-citizen soldiers still defend us

Every five years, we count the people with a census

Your servants, your slaves, your brothers, your babies

We're gonna take a census, so get ready 'cause we're counting up the numbers

We do it every five years, counting up the numbers

So register because we're counting up the numbers

People are like, "Oh, you're adopted by Caesar"

I'm like, "Careful, you're talking to an Emperor"

Caesar was no emperor, he got murdered by Senators

At most, he was a dictator with only a dictatorship

He gave land to his soldiers to appease them (dictatorship)

He had to hand free grain to his citizens

Yeah, he governed Gaul

He crossed the Rubicon to start a civil war, but I've defeated generals

Why'd he make citizens of those not born in Rome?

Maybe he was scared there'd be a plebeian revolt

Plebeian revolt

(Hey Caesar, were you reading Livy's books too much? Yeah)

I'm, "One who commands"

Ruling all provinces in my empire

Build aqueducts and say my name's Augustus

It's the Pax Romana

I wear a laurel and robe

It's called a toga though

I build those Roman Roads

And your taxes pay for those

Bad news for you consuls (that's right)

Who made new laws for Rome (come on)

All those I can veto (he's got the veto)

The Republic's days are through (Rome)

I'm, "One who commands"

Ruling all provinces in my empire

Build aqueducts and say my name's Augustus

It's the Pax Romana

Haha-haha, is that a bedsheet you're wearing?