Seriously, though. How often do you think of the Roman Empire?
I know this is a joke/meme, but I sincerely think of the Roman Empire a surprising amount of times. I find myself obsessing over how Roman citizens were living just as complex lives as we are today, or about Marcus Aurelius’ life and philosophy, or about how the Republic fell and became a totalitarian state.
Not too often TBH, I usually only think of the Roman Empire or the Republic when something reminds me of them. If I’m seeing Imperial Soldiers in Elder Scrolls games, or if I see something online that brings up their history. But in my day to day life, it is rare for me to think of them.
Nope! I’m Scottish, only someone really sensitive would be upset by that, people call kilts skirts all the time so it’s a little bit overused as a joke but not offensive, just a little boring maybe :p
Sometimes. A few times a week, at least. I compare our current lives with the Romans when contemplating existence. It made me realize humans are genetically hardwired to be shit as we largely haven’t changed in the past few thousand years and likely never will. It made me realize how terrible humanity is and how I don’t want to be a part of it.
At least 2-3 times a day, I love their technology, the aqueducts the roads and the stone work. I love to think about post empire when the Germans Gauls and British were living around their ruins unable to build structures like they could. I think about the citizens and how similar their lives are to ours then how drastically it changed post empire. I think about how awful it must have been to be a slave in that time.
I got hooked on rome from Dan carlins hard core history series on the fall of the republic and he did another one on Cesar in Gaul.
As someone that lives in a country that is proud of both being conquered by the Roman Empire and winning some battles with the Roman Empire, I dont really think about the Roman Empire often. I think about latin frequently
Once every few weeks or so, usually when something comes up online or on TV set in Rome or round the time period involved. Rarely pops up in my mind unprompted.
I certainly go through significant periods of time where I think about Rome virtually every day. I listen to a lot of history podcasts, play games involving ancient history, have read many books about Rome, am subscribed to reddit history meme subs… If you are into history, Rome comes up a lot, whether for its own history or as a comparator for other empires.
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