I think about the Roman Empire a lot

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Why is thinking about the Roman Empire supposed to be something that men do?

I think about it a lot. I like baths.

YABU: the Roman Empire is a toxically masculine preoccupation
YANBU: baths

The first question is do you actually think of the Roman Empire or the Roman Republic. The Empire was quite short relatively speaking. You're probably thinking about the Republic.

Tell me more. As much as you want to.

I regularly think "what would Tiberius do" when looking at the news.

Both kids have recently covered the Romans in school so I think we're peak Roman right now. Saw the longest intact Roman mosaic in the country yesterday! Ds wants a Roman hot tub for his 8th birthday...

Dh thinks about it a lot but he's from Colchester and I think it might come literally with the territory.

I haven't got strong opinions on it. I spend more time worrying if we're all real and how did they build the pyramids.

Perfectly sane preoccupation, but then I had the excellent luck to study Latin at school for six years and then to do a Classics degree. If you like the Romans, you'll love the Ancient Greeks.

Actually dd (autistic) went through a long Rome phase. We had to play Tabula regularly

I want to do a deep dive into Rosemary Sutcliff's books over summer...

I think about it daily and am not a man! I’m fascinated by the military and democratic history and the architecture

see also James Purefoy in Rome - I think about that a lot as well 😃

Do you know I often ask myself this and it may be a lack of taste but personally I would have been happier in Rome...higher chance of literacy as a woman...

My current listen is SPQR, A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard so daily.

Dh often thinks of what might still be left behind if Boudicca hadn't burnt it to a crisp and thinks it's a terrible shame. Personally, I think she's far more interesting and it's the greatest tale of "fuck about and find out" I've ever heard.

I've never come across this mindset before, but I do think about the ancient roman empire often because you can see traces of it all around us. Numerals, Latin in our daily speech, buildings, sport (Olympics), the size of the empire, religion, politics. If you're interested in any of those things, the Roman empire must come to mind more than once in a while and I'm female. I find its history fascinating.

i like a good read of Mary Beard (or audio book). My son (now aged 13 but was 4 at the time) obsessively listened to her book on “Life of a Roman Town”. As a result we took him to Pompeii aged 6. And I took him back last year - we recreated a then and now picture 🤣

Our conversation is often filled with ancient history and the Romans 😁.

I haven't thought about the Roman Empire since the last time the subject of men thinking about it was scraped off Reddit. I probably won't think about it again until someone else posts the exact same Internet meme in the future.

I tend to think what James Tiberius would do. There wasn't a no win situation he couldn't get out of, after all.

Does this Roman thinking also include the Byzantine era?

Boudicca had better reasons than any of the destruction that men have made. Why has he singled her out?

My ex thinks about the Romans and he is a vicious bastard.

Considering that the reincarnation of Emperor Nero is sitting in the White House, you are not unreasonable at all.

Sometimes it does, yes! Fabulous empress names.

Btw I love The Rest Is History - there's a bunch of great episodes on the Romans. Also recommend Tom Holland's books on the subject.

I can't take credit for this btw, if you want to hear a truly great speech, head here:

I have a massive crush on Atia of the Julii. I think about her a lot.

if you haven't seen the HBO series Rome yet then I highly recommend it.

I think about it a lot more than I used to thanks to TRIH podcast!

I would love to make this nut tart
https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/233472.htm
Posting in case anyone hasn't planned Sunday meals yet...see also the super easy but tasty tuna recipe!