1479, Rus, a Viking tribe

Constantine the Great - Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus

Novgorod, the historic town of the Rus*, a Viking tribe,
according to written works I read,
                                         [some true, some misdescribe,
the year 1479 conquered by Ivan III Vasilevich,
              [referred to as the "gatherer of the Russian lands"..

It is fact that he is also known as the emperor of Third Rome
                             [so that made me visit all the "computer lands"

Allow me to use, my inspirational term,
                                                     [I mean online trips ..

I wondered, if there was a third Rome, I questioned where,
           [the second one was, and asked as I said "Net" for tidy tips..

I studied all the data and I fully understood,
                    [there were three towns that shared the relationships.

The First Christian Emperor of the Roman Empire,
                                                               [was Constantine the Great,
who as a prophet predicted the fall of Rome by the barbarians,
and was through to change the status quo, the state...


The year 330 anno Domini,
             [Constantine moves the capital of the Empire Eastwards,
to the ancient Greek city Byzantium, naming it New Rome,
                    [the purpose was to avoid the western's barbarian swords....

But 1000 years later, the empire did not avoid the other barbarians,
                                                             [the Ottomans coming from the East.

Constantine the 11th, was killed while fighting on the walls.
                [and a priest predicted that Greece will be enslaved for 400 years, at least.

The surviving niece of the last emperor, named Zoe, married Ivan the third,
so he considered himself a legitimate heir of the Roman Empire,
                                                                                                 [not demurred.

He proclaimed himself an emperor,
                           [and named Moscow the "Third Rome"
I do not know the sequel, but I guess, according to the Romans' habits,
                           [celebrations and parades will be held at the hippodrome.
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to be continued

''IT COULD BE OTHERWISE in verse''
Texts and Narration: Odysseus Heavilayias - ROTTERDAM //
Language adjustments and text adaptation: Kellene G Safis - CHICAGO//
Digital adaptation and text editing: Cathy Rapakoulia Mataraga - PIRAEUS// 

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* Rus : According to the Kievan Rus' Primary Chronicle, compiled in about 1113, the Rus' were a group of Varangians, Norsemen who had relocated somewhere from the Baltic region (literally "from beyond the sea"), first to Northeastern Europe, then to the south where they created the medieval Kievan state.
The modern name of Russia (Rossija), which came into use in the 15th century,is derived from the Greek Ρωσία, which in turn derives from Ῥῶς, an early Greek name for the people of Rus'.Rus' as a state had no proper name; by its inhabitants it was called rusĭskaja zemlja (русьская земля) – with rusĭskaja becoming russkaja in Modern Russian –, which translates as "Land of the Rus'"* The terms anno Domini (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used to label or number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The term anno Domini is Medieval Latin and means "in the year of the Lord", but is often translated as "in the year of our Lord".

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