09-23-2002, 09:27 PM
Ok, I'm sort of cheating cause this isn't exactly a joke...<br>
<br>
A HIGH TURNOVER<br>
by Wendy S.<br>
<br>
The emperor Caligula was murdered by his guard<br>
who felt his insane antics were befitting the graveyard.<br>
<br>
The ambitious Agrippina wished son, Nero, to have power;<br>
she fed Claudius some mushrooms and he died within the hour.<br>
<br>
Nero was a nasty man who reigned for fourteen years--<br>
condemned to death, he stabbed himself, and very few shed tears.<br>
<br>
In the year of the four emperor's--as it came to be known<br>
Galba, Otho, and Vitellius were killed while on the throne.<br>
<br>
The infamous Domitian held an autocratic view<br>
that annoyed so many people an assassin ran him through.<br>
<br>
Let's not forget Commodus--when he went out of his mind<br>
his ministers thought his demise would benefit mankind.<br>
<br>
Among those done away with in one way or another<br>
was Septimius Geta who was murdered by his brother.<br>
<br>
Then brother Caracalla met his own untimely end<br>
through an officer int the army who had erstwhile been his friend.<br>
<br>
This is just a sample from a long list of ambitious<br>
rulers of the empire whose deaths were quite suspicious.<br>
<br>
You see the Roman emperors had power, fame and wealth--<br>
but it was a job, by all accounts, most dangerous to the health.<br>
<br>
Wendy<br>
<br>
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<br>
A HIGH TURNOVER<br>
by Wendy S.<br>
<br>
The emperor Caligula was murdered by his guard<br>
who felt his insane antics were befitting the graveyard.<br>
<br>
The ambitious Agrippina wished son, Nero, to have power;<br>
she fed Claudius some mushrooms and he died within the hour.<br>
<br>
Nero was a nasty man who reigned for fourteen years--<br>
condemned to death, he stabbed himself, and very few shed tears.<br>
<br>
In the year of the four emperor's--as it came to be known<br>
Galba, Otho, and Vitellius were killed while on the throne.<br>
<br>
The infamous Domitian held an autocratic view<br>
that annoyed so many people an assassin ran him through.<br>
<br>
Let's not forget Commodus--when he went out of his mind<br>
his ministers thought his demise would benefit mankind.<br>
<br>
Among those done away with in one way or another<br>
was Septimius Geta who was murdered by his brother.<br>
<br>
Then brother Caracalla met his own untimely end<br>
through an officer int the army who had erstwhile been his friend.<br>
<br>
This is just a sample from a long list of ambitious<br>
rulers of the empire whose deaths were quite suspicious.<br>
<br>
You see the Roman emperors had power, fame and wealth--<br>
but it was a job, by all accounts, most dangerous to the health.<br>
<br>
Wendy<br>
<br>
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