How Often Do Men Think About The Roman Empire?
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2024
- The Roman Empire question has taken over the internet. It was all fun and games until the “experts” gave their take on the masculine undertones of the trend. I think I know exactly why guys think about this, and what women’s equivalent answer is, too!
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I've been in construction for 35 years, particularly in the concrete industry for over 20, and you literally cannot discuss anything without acknowledging the Roman's influence in what we do... all the way down to the names of some of the materials that we use.
and the fact that Roman concrete is so much better in any aspect than modern concrete, why did we devolve so much, I mean we are idiots compered to them.
I'm new to roofing. We use modern nicknames for the stuff we use. But I agree the actual names of tools or the method we use them is a reflection of how Roman's or other civilizations managed to do what they did. History in itself !
@@acarriere8534 We actually can replicate Roman concrete, but it's production and construction is economically unviable. Roman concrete had to be cast almost dry with bare hands and then beaten with wooden hammers, while modern concrete can be poured into form literally 100 times faster.
@@acarriere8534: MIT actually solved it in January. A few companies are actually incorporating the methods into construction. It's a great step forward in construction.
I also work in construction, residential, doing mostly tile work, and dead serious I think about the Roman empire at least a half-dozen times a day. The word "plumb" or plumbing in general always gets me. I think about how my job really is just a technologically augmented version of what the Romans did thousands of years ago and I wonder if our modern civilization could have the same impact on people in the year 4000. Just mind-blowing.
As a Christian man regularly studying the bible and with an interest in church history, it’s pretty hard for me NOT to think about the Roman Empire at least a few days a week 😅
That is one of my first thoughts as well.
I was going to say the same thing.
This is so true lol. I sometimes waste my time reading Wikipedia pages on random places, people or events from the Bible and I go into rabbit hole on Ancient states
Exactly. The Roman Empire was the reason Christianity spread so successfully even though it took 300 years for the state itself to finally accept it. Rome influenced Christianity for centuries. If you include the Eastern Roman Empire, it’s over a millennia
Haha, agreed.
I asked my husband this question (he’s totally unaware of this trend) he said he thinks about it pretty much daily especially since he’s studying the book of Roman’s in his Bible study right now he was confused when I started laughing and began explaining how important and impactful the Roman Empire was to modern society and parallels he sees between the Roman Empire and our society today lol
So many men were pleasantly surprised to find themselves in a conversation about the Roman Empire, only to find out they're really in a conversation about tiktok. Baited and switched.
Sandwich, now.
"Parallels he sees between Rome and our society today lol"
I think this is why men get so bothered when ya'll laugh about this.
Look up the painting: "The Course of Empire, Destruction" by Thomas Cole.
To be honest, i was never really fixated on the military aspect of the Roman Empire. But i was, and still am obsessed with their construction and engineering skills. I could literally spend days looking at romans ruins, lost in thought. How did they build that, how did they place this there and why, and trying to imagine what would it have looked like back then. So fascinating.
Marcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor known for being the last of the “four great emperors” a string of incredible emperors that caused Rome to thrive at its peak. During his rule, Aurelius wrote a book called “meditations”. Although it was never meant to be published (the book is more so a collection of personal thoughts than a story) it’s an amazing read for making a man more disciplined of himself but forgiving of others. Beautifully written, almost like poetry.
I listen to meditations, regularly and i worship a few of the gods. Athena and Bacchus. Everytime i open a wine bottle i make a toast to the OG 😅 and pour some for the homie "to bacchus 🥂
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
So, it is the 5' last great Roman emperors, not four. But yes, Marcus's meditations are a must-read as well as his predecessor who is responsible for some of the greatest Aqua ducts, separation of men's and women's bath houses and the entire roman wall 'Hadrian's Wall. Basically, he cemented everything his uncle did in his conquests. Hadrian was a stud as well. (evil, they were all sadistic.) but a stud nonetheless, LOL. Hadrian is why Marcus was much of who he was, coined the philosopher king!
@@TheFirstAmendment yes it was the 5 good emperors, but i wouldn't say they were the last 5 great emperors. we cannot forget the bravery and courage the emperors gallienus, claudius ii, aurelianus, probus, maiorianus, anthemius and countless others had fighting barbarians, usurpers etc.
My favorite book ever.
Tbh, the Roman Empire times was the most fun to learn abt in history class
Fr
Irish history was my favourite
The Greek history was my favorite it was the most interesting to learn about. I didn't really like the Roman empire too much, but I will admit it was more fun, though.
Funnest 😂 yea it was!
@@ichigotheg.o.a.t nah fr tho. Mesopotamia and all of those places were just mid overall
As a former soldier, I think about the Roman empire a lot especially the Roman Legions that enabled them to conquer and control one of the largest empires of the ancient world. And above all, I think of Rome's eventual fall and ruin when the empire began to rot from within and the parallels with the movements of the contemporary age.
If I could go back to any time in history my answer would always be that age. I would have liked to have been a soldier serving in one of Caesar’s legions during the Gallic Wars
You don't ever think you're contributing to some psyops crap?
For a little while there youtube thought I was in the marines and I just let it keep thinking that because they make great content.
The more I watched the more I kept thinking that the US military is so much like a new Roman Legion. In that it's not just an army... it's like a class of citizen. It's like a sub-segment social structure that has its own culture, almost its own independent society. They even have their own language, they start talking in acronyms. They live in separate places and they often spend years of their lives at the far flung reaches of the empire bringing back wild stories.
Trust me you would not want to be in ceasers legions during the gallic wars
You wouldn't want to be in any legion in any war.We like to think life is hard,it's a dawdle compared to the world the ancients inhabited.@@jrudgey972
I'm in a small country in southern Africa called Zambia, and I think about it at least four times a day. They have the red capes, the conquest of genius, heck, I got a game called Total War Rome recently, where you play as the Roman Empire 😂, defending its land and conquering new cities. Interestingly, the frequency increased the older I got.
Rome: Total war was it? I remember buying it but it never worked. THOUGH that was like 2005 I think.
Thanks for reminding me! Need to get back to it again :)
I genuinely don't understand how you can learn about the Roman Empire's influence on our culture, religion, language, etc., watch movies about Rome, see pictures of their buildings, be aware of how long they lasted and how they fell, and just never think about it again. Next you'll be telling me sticks don't look like swords to you.
There are a lot of people like that...
I genuinely don't understand it either.
Lol sticks DEFINITELY look like swords
I mean swords came from sticks 🤷♂️
That is exactly why you should learn and think about the Roman empire, so you don't make the same mistakes and don't take shit from the ones in Power. The ones who do not know their history, are doomed to repeat it..
as a Portuguese it's impossible not to think about it, my town still has buildings they made, 2000 years after and the buildings are here, damn genius people, we also have reconquista buildings and forts, so we think about the time we lost and then took our land back from muslims, yeah we europeans have tons to think about XD
Just got back from Rome. Made my girlfriend walk around for hours on end looking at all the ruins and did not stop talking her ear off about how they invented concrete and centralized heating. Pointed out every single aqueduct and road. I told her about the revolving restaurant in Nero's palace about 24 times or so lol. Whenever she looked bored I put out my arms and said "Are you not entertained?"
😂😂😂
I had dreams about the auqaducts today i hadnt even realised how much i think about the roman empire
Must of been nice to see all the stuff
😂😂😂😂 Gladiator quote
She's true love
is this isnt why you are here!?
As a 50+ female, I became fascinated with the Roman Empire at age 10 when I started reading my grandparents books during 2 weeks of having chickenpox. I read their books Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and the rest is history.
As a 27yr old woman I don't think, outside of school, that I've ever dwelt on the Roman empire. I have thought about how we have lost so many art forms and the desire to make things beautiful just because we can.
I mostly think about babies.
I also had a Titanic phase.
Also I regularly think about the medieval period and the turn of the century into the victorian era. I used to pretend to be a servant to make chores "fun" 😅
Maybe this IS women's Roman Empire. Just this morning I came across a short about a woman deciding what character she wanted to pretend to be for the day while cleaning and all the women in the replies were as though they do this every day. So maybe this is our Roman Empire?
As a Male Mechanical Engineer, I think about it probably 3-4 time a week. I do think of other empires/civilizations too but probably not as often.
funny, I also am a Male Mechanical Engineer. I also think about it 3-4 times a week. A correlation?
On my days off, I get to think about the Empire much more frequently, maybe up to a dozen times. Those are good days.
I'm no engineer but I've been think about having my own hypothetical country somewhere in the world, with my own flag, army, culture, government as well government buildings and monuments and landscaping since the 2000s when I was in high school, I suppose it's just fun to imagine and dream.
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I am also a male mechanical engineer, and I think about the roman empire every other day. lol
As one of those men that frequently think about the roman empire, i think one of the reasons its so common is because our current era has a lot of parallels with the fall of rome. Degredation of culture, culture wars, lack of morales, poor leadership, etc...
The world has become weak, so we think about when we were strong in hopes of finding our way back there and avoiding the looming collapse.
Humans love a good story as well, and what story can compare with Rome's? The literal thousands of years of history, filled with wars, betrayals, sex, glorious conquests and impossible odds being overcome, and what characters! You had Scipio Africanus, Cato the elder's hilarious shitposting of how carthage must be destroyed, Pompey Magnus and the GOAT of humanity, Julius Caesar, Octavian and his broham Agrippa conquering the known world before they were 30, and then the ups and downs of centuries of emperors from Tiberius to Aurelian "Resitiutor Orbus". It has side characters, plot threads that take chapters and chapters of history to play out, fountains of wisdom and no small amount of trolling from Justinian stealing Silk from china like a low budget buddy-cop film to Hadrian doing it to Judea so hard that we still feel the effects today. There are glorious wonders and the depths of despair in rome as much as there's overcoming insurmountable odds and raging against the dying of the light, and even after all these years, every. SINGLE. empire pretending to live up to her glory has come up short. ua-cam.com/video/__qZJjptaCk/v-deo.html&ab_channel=EduardoGutierrez I'm only linking this here for sorrows sake that it had to come to an end.
Well said.
Spot on....
In that case, you might want to look into China. 1,000 years of existence is pretty long, but it doesn't compare to 3,500 years and STILL going strong. It's also where revolutionary things like gunpowder came from
Say it, liberation is the root of all evil. Without happy marriages society cannot exist.
As a Roman Catholic priest in the military who prays in Latin every day and enjoys the history of military, Church, and Western Civ, and appreciates architecture and the influence of ancient philosophy and Roman technology on today’s culture, I think of the Roman Empire numerous times a day. Even just reading everyday the New Testament by itself, I can’t get away from it.
God bless you priest!
Pater's watch brett cooper.... its so over, also based Pater
I’m glad I’m not alone!!! This is exciting news to me!!! I can’t help but think about the Roman Empire when I look at our crappy roads every day lmao
I’m a military geek, and specifically military equipment. The Romans utilized their equipment and tactics so seamlessly that I found it just so interesting to think about how these guys tailored their equipment to their tactics and vice-versa.
They were the ground laying genius' of modern society. Who knows if guns would exist if the Pila never did. Or if Armoured Vests - Romans did invent many things that influenced modern day tactics/weapons.
The Romans pretty much perfected warfare in their time is both an art and a science. It's no wonder even their conquered subjects imitated them for centuries afterwards, and Western military organization still bears the echoes of Roman influence. The Romans even had an anti infantry repeating squad support weapon, the polybolos, deployed not unlike a modern machine gun would be deployed with an infantry squad.
Everyday I keep on wondering, how can a country be so far ahead of time, so long lasting, and so influential even thousands of years later even existed. It really is a masterpiece of a nation in nearly every aspect.
there was a lot wrong in the roman empire
And still fall because they got corrupt and didn't hold on to values. That's the US now we are borderline HRE now
One of the main reasons Rome lasted this long is simple.
Hygene
It was mandatory to go and use the bathhouses every day, and they where free to use, even for slaves.
So the Roman empire never had any serious issues with plagues or epidemics, like other civilisations.
++ more great things, but most important was this
inb4 somebody says China 😂
Spolier:
China can't even prove its history is real.
Well, yeah, except for the slavery…
Compliments on working the ad in there. Very organic.
I have mastered the ability to accurately gauge when Brett is about to go into advertising mode, and i am proud. Lol
Julius Caesar's life was beyond incredible. 1,000 Hollywood writers given 100 years couldn't think up his life. The conquest of Gaul, he did so well he needed to start a civil war, the Egypt / Cleopatra sideshow, the first excursions into England... And he did all of that after having midlife crisis in his late 30's... Lost his wife to probably cancer and his daughter to pregnancy complications. What is not to love? A man's man's man.
"1,000 Hollywood writers given 100 years couldn't think up his life" not exactly impressive, as 1,000 hollywood writers wouldnt be able to come up with anything original in 100 years.
@@jacobmatthews7524it’s declining but Hollywood was the Centre of Cinema at one time
@@marcobelli6856 Then it got woke.🤮
Honestly as a 20 year old man I think about the Roman Empire at least once a day. I love seeing thinges like Bridges, roads, plumbing and I love to think about just how efficient the Empire really was.
I'm literally wearing my SPQR shirt rn...
Actually same 😂 I'm 16, but I don't do it for school, I just do it.
I personally like the political facets. I often wonder if Christianity was adopted by Rome so that it could be brought under the control of the state
@@j_stach Roman Catholics wanna have a word with you.
@@j_stachI mean you’re not wrong. That’s literally why they adopted it 😂 it’s also why Christians celebrate pagan holidays 🎉
I saw that question popping up all over the place (it was even the subject line of an email I got), and my first thought was, "Why are you trying to divert my attention away from thinking about the Roman Empire?" (actually it was more along the lines of "That's a weird question" mixed with "People need more hobbies")
That being said, I not only think about the Roman Empire all the time, but I asked my wife the same question, and she does too!! 😂 #Keeper
Interesting. Never gave it much thought before but as a Civil Eng I do think about it a lot actually. The Romans pioneered water distribution, sewers, sanitation and road networks, not to mention concrete and very specific architecture.
The question isn't why do men think about the Roman empire the scarey part is that women don't.
Nah man the sanitation and sewer networks were pioneered by indus valley civilisation which ended well before the start of roman empire... The remains of those can still be found in sites of mohenjodaro
@@b_jain137 Ah yes, the great Indu empire. Such an influence in every civilization after them.
As an Australian male in his early twenties, I think about the Roman Empire several times daily. I think about the governmental and moral failures that led to the fall of the republic and the collapse of the western empire; I think about the bread and circus consumer mentality that is so prevalent in our world today; I think about the interesting stories of individuals (especially of the emperors); and I think about the Latin Language.
Funny you used the term "bread and circuses". I see what you did there
Also "Australia" is Latin for "South Land" so...
The Republic didn't fall, it ascended.
Et tu, joshuabarry? :D
West back then was 1 continent instead of 4 right now and you would've been in europe too
In fact, it is very hard not to think of the Roman Empire sometimes.
My wife asked me yesterday if I thought about the Roman Empire often and it clicked that I was just thinking about it several hours ago, because I watched football and there was a Tunisian footballer named Hannibal. I made the connection that the name is probably common in Tunisia because of Hannibal Barca, who has lead Carthage to war AGAINST ROME.
I mean, almost everything in our modern lives is connected to Rome one way or another (architecture, societal structure, religion, languages, traditions, wars, names, clothes, even food, etc.) There are literally Roman ruins outside my home in Bulgaria.
Brilliant debut goal btw, too bad about the result.
Recently stumbled across your show due to the oddities of the algorithm when you refuse to use the app/sign in, but I felt the urge to chime in on this one. I would say that I think about the Roman Empire or it's descendants probably between 3 to 6 times a month. My mind is fairly chaotic as I am an absolute sponge for trivial knowledge, so there is some varience. History is a fascination of mine (among *many* other things 😅) and I often end up going for a couple days researching things that catch my interest. Rome has popped up more than once with both its actual history and its mythology brings wellsprings of fascinating. The military history, technological achievements, civil history, governance and atrocities are all fascinating and as you mentioned they holds lessons that modern western society might want to take a look at because... yeah. Learn your history kids, there are *lots* of things that we shouldn't do again and I'm not just talking about mullets.
Anyway, often times the history gets me thinking about the future and the possiblities it holds. The past is linked to the future through the present, the decisions people made centuries ago still echo in today's society. Just like how the choices we make today will affect tomorrow and many tomorrows thereafter. So, yeah, history is important, and the Roman Empire is a major part of that that still affects many things in our lives today at a subtle level (this ramble of mine would sound *much* different without the Roman influence on Western languages).
Edit: I have to correct myself. Molossus was a breed of *Greek* dog. That said, the Roman's did indeed have their own war hounds. I'm not sure if a name was ever found for them.
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"How often do you think about the Roman Empire??"
Ave, True to Caesar!!!
As an Iranian, on daily basis I think about AT LEAST one of these: Roman, Greek, Russian, Achaemenid, Parthian, Sassanid, Islamic, Mongol, and Ottoman empire. They all had been very influential on Iran, it's hard not to think about them.
And of course world war 1 and 2.
As a Greek I think about the Persian and Othoman empire quite often :p
When I think of Iran I often start thinking of Zoroastrianism and the influence it has had on all the major monotheistic religions of the world.
Im Canadian and althought I really love the roman empire history, I also very love the Persian , Parthian, Sassanid empire, the Persian were literally the nemesis and equals to Rome. You can be proud of your culture. Really rich !
Yeah, I think this can just be condensed down to men being interested in empires and how they functioned, fought, and ultimately fell.
You could add America to the list 🤭🤭
I am a woman and I think about the roman empire at least once a month. Feats of engineering, language, art, warfare, philosophy, literature. How can you not think about the impact the roman empire has on western civilization?
Exactly! My dad took me to see Gladiator when I was 5 years old in theaters. I remember coming home and searching our Encyclopedia for more information. I am now 30 and still read frequently about their feats.
Also Roman men were legit.
@@Ashleyforreal are you single?
Same here! I'm a woman and I sometimes wish I can go back in time to see what it was like living in Rome in its ancient days,
IDK if it was the same time but the Library of Alexandria would be a dream of mine to visit!
Based
I became a fan of Rome when I was like 11 years old. Probably because I played Rome: Total War. I think it has something to do with the military and architecture. It was a very masculine culture and from our perspective was really successful, depending on how you interpret success of a civilization.
What I, as a woman, think of often is the fact that I *could* be home decorating my house with foraged fall decor, baking, and making candles. BUT INSTEAD I work as a CNC lathe operator covered in coolant. So there's that.
As a marine vet, I constantly think about military history. The Roman legions are the first professional military the world had seen. Lots of military units structure has been based off of the legion.
I find myself constantly watching videos on the legions. Especially Ceaser and his campaigns in Gaul. Most people find it insane why people would willingly join the legions. People don’t understand that a Roman soldier had a higher life expectancy than the average peasant. They were fed daily, had medical care, and taken care of. Yeah they were soldiers and expected to fight and die, but they weren’t always on the front
ROMANS AND MARINES ARE EXPECTED TO FIGHT AND KILL, SOLDIER. NOT FIGHT AND DIE LIKE A P*$$Y. THE EMPEROR WOULD FEEL SHAME FOR YOUR COMMENT. *please read with sergeant hartmann's voice*😂
Well in technical manner the assyrian empire had the first professional standing army
what's your source?@@rafiibnul5372
@@BrotherhoodPaladin432 well they had garrisons. But no army that did campaigns year long. The only mention of it was in one of the steele where it said 4000 men who broke bread with the king in AKKAD
Yes the Roman legions easily are the most fascinating subject regarding Ancient Rome.
For me, I think about the Roman Empire every day because of one person. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, on of the greatest Roman Emperor to life. He is very well known for his book "Meditation" and is a crucial actor in Stoicism. How the power he had didn't change him at all. I preach about many things in his books. 1. Only you can create bad thoughts and problems in your mind. 2. Take good things out of a bad situation. 3. Control the things that only you can control. 4. Concentrate on the things that you find important. 5. Never be pushed or persuaded into an opinion that isn't your own. And many more!
Aurelius is not the best emperor
one of the best@@idontknowhatmynameshouldbe
Havete vos, Imperator!
One Roman who is a key reason why I think about the Romans daily is Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, the Roman statesman who willingly gave up power for the good of the republic. In a time where all politicians are power-hungry, the story of Lucius is almost daily played on repeat in my mind...🙃
Wokesters would never read his books especially about being pushed or persuaded into an opinion that is not your own that is Wokster 101 do not think as an individual they believe(wokesters) N the herd mentality or like sheep follow the crowd!
Thanks for the chart, was literally about to comment about this lol😂
I've read The Rise And Fall Of The Roman Empire,read biographies on the lives of several Roman emperors,watched more docs and vids on the subject than I could count and read extensively about the many innovations and inventions that came about from the empire. Question answered.
As someone literally born in Rome it's really hard for me not to think of the roman empire often
Everyone must know about Rome!
Ave Roma!
But that should be the only reasonable explanation, yet for us Americans, or at least female Americans, we don't have any reason to... so we don't.
@@rosasupafly I've known one female from the Philippines running a meme page who was completely obessed with the Roman Empire.
I was born in Mexico, and I couldn't care less about the Aztecs unless I was in my history class XD
@@rosasupaflyhow about the similarities with the fall of the Roman Empire in comparison to how the Western Civilization is falling nowadays? That seems a bit important, we could... Idk, check what steps they took that lead to their demise so we don't make those same steps, yet we seem to be following those same steps like we are following a Roman Empire instructions manual XD
I felt so validated when I heard about this trend because I honestly think about aspects of the Roman Empire damn near every day.
Yea I got to agree genuinely but my fluctuates 1-10 time every 2-3 days
Same I’m a big fan boy for Rome
Same. I got really into roman and greek history a few years ago. And continue reading and thinking about it to this day lol
I just don't get the point of the big deal it is. Not the Roman empire - that totally is and was. Learning from history is a huge deal. But the "trend" of it? Like what? I also cant stand social media or Tik Tok.
Because Honestly, I think it's "trending" because we're all just bored as hell as a civilization. Not getting enough of those dopamine hits by flipping through 50 videos in 10 minutes.
And yes, I do believe it's also contributed by the rumors in mass media as well as historians that have pointed out the United States is possibly following the same outcome.
Our public education and history teachers all taught us to learn and look back on history? So why now is it "ohmahgah all duh bois are thinkin' bout the Roman Empire"
I also admit I'm being really salty, but come on. It's as if none of us have been through hours, days, of learning about an incredible empire.
I just don't get it. Maybe it's the gals who are rubbing me wrong because they act so mind blown.
Big whoop.
Ave Imperium Romanum 🦅
Hi Brett, I am a big fan of your show from India. I love your witty and insightful commentary on the viral content and news of the day. You always make me laugh and think with your unique perspective and humor. You are not afraid to speak your mind and challenge the mainstream narratives. You are also very beautiful and charming. I admire your courage and talent. Keep up the good work! 🙌👏👍
on the other hand, I think Indian men are more interested in the Mughal Empire than the Roman Empire because it is more relevant and relatable to our history and culture. The Mughal Empire was one of the largest and most powerful empires in the world, and it had a profound impact on the development of India's art, architecture, literature, religion, and society. The Roman Empire, on the other hand, was more distant and foreign to us, and we do not have much direct connection or influence from it. The Mughal Empire is also more fascinating to us because it was full of drama, intrigue, romance, and war, and it featured some of the most legendary figures in history, such as Akbar, Aurangzeb, Shah Jahan, and Mumtaz Mahal.
Nick Freitas gives a very good play-by-play of the roman republic and empire! I thought about it 5ish times a week and now with it on my mind more, a few times a day.
I'm 35 years old and when I first learned about the Roman Empire as a kid I was infatuated immediately. As a grown man now, I still watch docs, and read articles based on the Roman Empire and even play games based on it. We wouldn't have the Republic that we do today if it wasn't for the Roman Empire. Roman architecture is prevalent in our society and all across the world. The Roman Empire's military set the standard for military's all over the world to this day. And as a Christian it is fascinating to read how Rome became a Christian empire shortly after they crucified Jesus on the cross. So any intelligent man would think about the Roman Empire on the regular just because all the things it contributed to the modern world over 2,000 years later.
It's everyman's duty to keep the legacy of rome alive!
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Rome was never a truly Christian empire. Constantine the Great tolerated paganism. Is it any wonder the Goths decided to abolish the state and rebuild?
@@SirBlackReeds a Christian empire... I don't understand how you people don't see the irony in that. Jesus is about peace and love and accepting, empires are about total control, expansion and oppression
I am a 43 year old man in Australia who thinks about Ancient Rome several times a day and thought that I was unique in this. The period between Sulla's dictatorship and the reign of Marcus Aurelius is the most engaging and I find myself returning to the lessons from classical antiquity frequently. I've ready many works of fiction and non-fiction on the subject, with Tom Hollands books for non-fiction and Robert Harris' Cicero trilogy being my favourite work of fiction.
You should check out Aussie author Colleen McCulloghs 'Masters of Rome' book series.
@@glennross85 I've read most of Colleen's books in that series. One of the only fictional accounts of the Sulla Marius struggle that I've found.
Mike Duncan The history of Rome on youtube . If u haven't, u should.
It's weird how commonly you, Brett, come up whenever my family talks at family functions.
An aspect that really intrigues me about the Roman Empire is what followed after its collapse. The middle ages or commonly know as "The dark ages", Rome was such a beacon of civilization and modernization in its time that after its fall, the European continent basically devolved in to a millenium of darkness. Never reaching the same hights of inovation, construction, reasearch, record keeping or politics until more than a thousand years later. The fact that numerous structures the Romans build still dot the entire European continent is facinating and show how they were really the first civilization to harness the human potential.
1. Writing using th Roman alphabet
2. Roman architecture when I see footage
3. Any conversation about christian history
4. Must be mentioned when considering the historical context of the displacement of people e.g. the celts
5. Ancient contact between Romans and Chinese
6. I’m a polyglot, so I have to think about Latin and the Roman language when considering Romance language divergence and it’s influence on other European languages
So many more examples
You can't thing about Roman Empire, without thinking about Ancient Greece
@@emulation2369well tbf im sure most people know us greeks were romans as well. And we were the face of the romans for over 1000 years.
Marcus Aurelius and Stoicism. Epictetus (he was Greek but he went to Rome). Their concrete. Their mythology and the Roman habit of syncretism. Their artwork and architecture. Their form of government and how it shifted. Their wars. Their culture. Caesar. ... I mean, Rome itself. It was an enormous part of history.
Bit late to the party but I think about it quite often without even realising it. It was just such an amazing time period, all men were respected and actually earned that respect. Everything was so much relaxed, all the technological advances that came from that period. If you were able to fight, then you would fight and then after all the hard work, whether it be from working through the day building amazing architecture or if you went to battle, you would engorge and just have a good time with no judgement. Even though health risks were way higher back then, I'd happily live back in those time and just be a warrior or builder. Man, I love the Roman Empire. I didn't realise how much I thought about it until I was asked 🤣
I like and think more often about Greece and Greek mythology, but that goes almost hand in hand with the Roman Empire, so I also think about it often enough. Those two are so historically important for the west, it's basically the birth of it, it's crazy. I'm also Catholic so that only makes it more relevant to me.
I have thought of the Roman Empire yesterday, specifically about the Roman concrete and how durable it is and how modern society is trying to reproduce it. I remember there was a secret ingredient which helps the concrete “heal” when it gets cracked, but I couldn’t remember what was it exactly. The video was a good reminder to check it, thanks!
It's already reproduced. The secret is hot mixing with quicklime. The lime bubbles remelt and solidify again when it rains.
Well when I was training for a qualification in paving which is modern Roman road building we learnt how to lay Roman concrete, there nothing special in the mix it's how it's laid out and the fact that you use no water, see concrete is hydroscopic like sand and all it wants to do is adsorb water so when it cracks it exposes new powder to react hence the so called self healing process
Large chunks of coarse ground quicklime, as water gets into cracks the lime melts and reseals the crack
the problem is that roman concrete has a lot of salt in it, so it would corrode steel beams if we used it in modern construction.
@@saisarathsainathuni3622 Common steel corrodes anyway, it's a terrible material to use for construction. You're basically putting an expiration date on the structure of your home. I've seen so many houses falling apart because the steel in the structure was rusting and exploding the concrete from the inside.
If you are a Christian, the Roman Empire plays a great part in its writings. Paul used the Roman soldier and their armor for analogies. Rome plays a great role in modern society as does Greece. In Nebuchadnezzar’s dream regarding the great statue, Rome is depicted as the Iron legs, while the angloamerican world power is depicted as iron and clay mixed. Being strong as iron, but also weak in not being able to implement their power. Also depicts the divisiveness there would be.
Basically any discussion about judeo/christian religion necessarily brings out discussion of the roman empire as a context for the people of the time.
@@segazora Absolutely. I think about the Roman Empire sometimes. They had a powerful army, ruled countries, including, Israel. That's a super villain level. Anyone tries to kill them, got executed. Crucifying was originally a capitol punishment for criminals until Jesus changed it. That's why His Church must have a Cross to bear. The Anti-Christ wants to rule all mankind in a Romanian way. Plus, homosexuality was out of control, so I don't know why gay men don't think about the Roman Empire. Hehe.
That was the roman republic.
@@nayrtnartsipacify Thank you. :)
And, of course, early Christian history and the early Church fathers who laid the foundations for the many of the major views of Christianity today mostly happened in the context of the Roman Empire or the Byzantine Empire (which was really just the Eastern Roman Empire).
Oh my god these ad transitions are wild, it always catches me off guard what the hell
I think about the past in a more generalized way, probably due to me not having a specific bias towards the Roman Empire. Whenever I partake of something that is 'convenient' I think about how life must have been like in the past when this convenient thing didn't exist, and that I'm grateful for having it. This ranges from access to food, clean and hot water, all the various technologies, the ability to communicate easily, not to mention the ease of access to information.
The Roman Empire may not have been the biggest Empire ever recorded, but it was longest lasting empire, and from its rise of the Roman Republic to the fall of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and everything in between plays a huge part of human history and what happened after it was gone.
The biggest was the British colonial empire, but they had colonies, it's different.
@@_LoremIpsum If Rome had known that there was land west of the Atlantic, I am sure that they would have set out to conquer it. Wouldn't be surprised if they knew about America though to be honest.
If you count the phases of the Roman Empire then the Chinese Empire was the longest-lasting. Even if you acknowledge breaks in continuity due to warring states periods.
@@xSkyWeix Sir, what you have said is considered as the longest lasting civilization, not an empire. Numerous Chinese dynasties collapse in its history on a relatively short period of time, that's the kicker.
It was more the most modern, with a much more efficient letter-language system than all other languages on the world (just the following was better there). Just numbers neded to reform.
The other ones have too inefficient system, or are simply harder to distinguish. Even at the high distance verbal communication it is smarter in efficiency.
Next it was in its technical revolution the most effecting. Even some in Stoicism like Seneca+M.A. was not bad but to filter.
It was better in things of religion, that it could better disappear with the time of science and wealth. Until Constantin, this thief of the throne, that created the end with Christians and their middle age.
As a guy who thinks regularly about the Roman Empire this is hilarious I didn’t realize this was so common. However I don’t think of it as trying to imagine myself living in those times but rather a fascination on the mind set of the Roman people (even if it was a bit brutal) it’s amazing such a people had such a large impact on our history and yes, seeing a column is all it takes to be reminded of its greatness. A short lecture on Caesar’s conquest of Gaul will certainly give me motivation to work on my car or pick up my pace on a project at work
The brutality of the Roman civilization is fasciating to me. On one hand we know people haven't really changed that much, but on the other is hard to imagine lethal gladiatorial games as a major entertainment event (the again the same could be said about executions in British and American society just 100+ years ago or so). But Rome did what a lot of other empires did with more flair and style and historical records.
So many bro moments
"Bro, take this crown!"
"Nah, bruh. Ain't taking the crown."
"BRUH! CROWN!"
"Bruh. Nuh."
I read Caesar's journals detailing his campaigns in Gaul when I was in 6th grade, and it permanently altered my worldview. Among other things, it taught me the concept of, "exchanging hostages," as a useful form of diplomacy.
@@admthrawnuru will no one mention the slavery, i know you people are high on romanticising the roman empire(for obvious to me reasons), but it was a diverse place with lots of greece style masculinity (like most things rome stole from Greece), you know, the cult of the phalos and the "brotherly" love between fellow centurions where they go naked on each other and grind. There are reasons why there where two heads of state one being not having to have a wife to control you, so they where each others. And the "HRE" is a different place just like third rome.
@@rawkmode6315Key thing I learned from the commentaries: "If I want something from you, I go to you. If you want something from me, come to me." Gotta love "Germanic" diplomacy. Gaius was a madlad.
Brett, or may I call you Snow White?
Epic channel and great show as always. Also, I can not wait to see you in Snow White and the Evil Queen. You will crush it, my dear!
Please tell me that Kathleen Kennedy is playing the evil queen, or maybe Liz Cheney...
Also, one of your other commenters mentioned Marcus Aurelius' Meditations as the possible starting point for this trend, and I agree, but I think it's even more specific than that. I think it's Ryan Holiday and his recent books about stoicism that have rekindled interest in the Roman Empire.
Keep up the amazing work, and let us know when snow white will be released...
I didn’t know this was a trend or thing, but as soon as I heard about it I realized I think about the Roman Empire at least twice a week, and I always notice now “You’re thinking about Rome again.” Lol. There is just so much to learn from it and so many parallels with the modern day. Plus as someone who likes history, politics, geography, etc. those types of social sciences, I am constantly drawing parallels with figures like Augustus and Cicero and Julius Caesar. All the time.
While witnessing the fall of the US empire, one can't help contrast it to previous empires. Also as a trained plumber, the first large scale use of pipes was in the Roman empire.
Fun fact: the width of the US rail system was decided by the width of the Roman chariot.
🤨 Since when was there a "US empire"? #GenuineQuestion
@@British_Rogueya I think the better comparison today is the Fall of the Roman Republic to the current decline of the US as a Republic
@British_Rogue the US empire is a soft power empire vs the hard power the Roman empire. Empires typically control monetary supply and become the dominant denomination used in trade. Following the end of ww2 the first peaceful transition of Empires happened when the British empire ceded monetary dominance to the US via the Breton-woods agreement. Globalization was also facilitated by the world wide navel patrolling of the US navy and the voluntary exportation of manufacturing from the US to developing countries. But, that is simply my definition and may not be correct.
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an empire doesn't need to be named empire. it simply needs to function as one.@@British_Rogue
_Rome's Republic/Empire was:_
1) One of the most interesting times in history that is well known about.
2) One of the major sources of today's Western civilization.
3) One of the civilizations that best parallels what's happening to the American hegemony today.
There is plenty of reason to think about it for any thinking person.
I try to tell people that the actual calendar we use is from the Romans
it's a shame nobody has made a show for several seasons depicting life during the Roman empire same thing with the late 1800s to about 1930s it's such an interesting time period.
@@Captain_Insano_nomercy Well, not really, they formed the underlying basis for the calendar, but it was the Roman Catholic Church that developed the one we use today.
@@indepthmike5578 Umm... HBO's ROME and DEADWOOD?
@nerofl89 Hairsplitter Harry I didn't see you arrive. Welcome
That “what do women constantly think about” section was super interesting. I’ve never even heard of the regency era. But I do think it’s super interesting that those of us who are more masculine relate to more masculine times, and those of us who are more feminine relate to feminine times.
That would also answer why the gay guy doesn’t care much about rome.
The gay guy likely cares more about Greece.
Why would that answer why the gay guy doesn't care much about Rome?
@@DjurslandsEfterskole probably because that gay guy is more in touch with his feminine side. That’s not an issue, I’m just making an observation.
I think about it basically daily. The Roman Empire was the birth of so much of our culture. I even studied Latin in school because of my love of the Romans.
I have a history degree. I just think about ancient cultures in general, whether its Rome, Greece, the Vikings, China, Japan, the Zulu, etc. I love studying WWII, the 1930s mob days, and the pirate age as well, but something about ancient and medieval history just hits different.
I think the reasons why we think about these cultures and events is because they involve stories of adventure and strength. Men at their best, or worst in some cases. They inspire us to be better and teach us about real strength.
I've had Latin for 6 years in high school. I was basically forced to think about the Roman Empire 5 days a week for 6 years straight and most of that has stuck around even after graduation.
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As a woman, I can confirm that I thought about the Roman Enpire just earlier this week. Specifically, its parallels to Greek mythology. It's like super relatable because as these men point out, it's a big part of history. Lol
Like 6 degrees of separation... you can probably get back to the Roman Empire from most topics.
Well done sister, well done
Greek mythology is fascinating.
Not thinking about Rome is a red flag.
For the longest running empire it’s worth thinking about. How it fell and what it did right. Learn from the past or doomed to repeat it.
What speaks to me? Well, it all started when Sheldon Cooper said, "Hannibal has crossed the Alps. Moving finger has writ." and so on. That was the first time when i watched a documentary on Roman Empire and learn about the Punic wars and what the Pyrrhic victory in that meant for the Roman Empire. I already had mythological knowledge about Roman gods from Riordan Universe. I had always liked Latin anyway so it all just fit. Now, i have a 282 days long streak of Latin learning on Duolingo. I keep forgetting half the words l learn.
Another major motivation other than simple want for knowledge is learning cool phrases to use amid conversations and debates.
Edit - I am Indian and we don't have Roman Empire in our elementary school curriculum at all and I went for Sciences, ergo the late and independent learning on the subject matter.
I'm literally watching a 3 hour documentary on Julius Caesar right now. The Second Punic war is where the real drama and storylines are. Absolutely incredible episode in history.
share link bro
is it 0% filler?
So interested in this - what’s it called?
So many good documentaries on Rome. The channel called HistoryMarche has some really good ones. I especially enjoyed their series on Hannibal and the 2nd punic war.
Well, i am named after a cartagen general on the 1st punic war.
A lot of the times when I think of the Roman Empire I am thinking about the decline and fall. The enemies from without and from within. They’re are many parallels with Rome and America. The similarities can be shocking. But even more so Roman culture dominated so much of the world for so long that it’s impact reaches us today.
Every empire falls, the US is falling in our time
Same bro. Too close to home
The major difference today is that any rise or fall of an empire can happen so much faster in the modern era because of our ability to communicate and transport ourselves around the world moves which moves so much faster than the world of the Roman empire.
Bro same. I always about their fall and how America is on it's way to the same destination
Exactly. The fall of the roman empire is extremely relevant to today.
6:16 got me on the ground love the badger clip
I’m soooooo glad I discovered I’m not alone in this.
I'm mexican and I found this video while researching something about the romans. It's not only the romans, it can be the aztecs, the greeks, the ottomans, the chinese, the mississippians, the british, or how the hell did the mongols build that empire... But yeah, the romans are one of the big ones. I sadly just realized we need a time machine urgently.
Primero vamos al Coliseo y luego al circo 🤜🏻🤛🏻
While I never really think about ancient empires, I do think about the Old West too often
Love the ottoman empire history even their enemies where quite fierce😮
Wut?! we Brit's are put with the has-beens
@@iBlagg8 The british empire is not what it used to be. The same happens with the spanish, they are still here, but the peak passed already, some time ago. Unless you guys make an amazing come back...
As someone who loves medieval and ancient history yes I think about the Roman Empire a lot! All it’s aspects, documentaries, what it was like, books, games the whole lot fascinates me
same
One key reason why I think about the Romans daily is because of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, the Roman statesman who willingly gave up power for the good of the republic. In a time where all politicians are power-hungry, the story of Lucius is almost daily played on repeat in my mind...
I am currently reading a shortened version of Fabulae Ab Urbe Condita (stories from when the city was founded) by Livy in Latin
Most of mine is about studying stoicism. I have read meditations by Marcus Aurelius multiple times and will continue to do so.
As a female who’s fascinated by ancient history and culture I think about the Roman Empire 2-3 times a day .
A female who's fascinated by history will think about it more often, but the general woman does not.
Where as with men, even the general man thinks about the Roman Empire frequently.
Marry me!
napoleon better tbh
This one’s a keeper
Their knowledge about construction plus the concrete, the coloseo that is still there.
I'm from Vietnam which is in Asia and has a completely different culture compare to the Roman Empire. But me and all of my male friends are fascinated and pretty knowledgeable about Roman emperors, military, culture. We didn't learn much about them in school, but we learned about them through stories, movies and video games.
So yeah, I can confirm the fascination about the Roman Empire is shared among men across the globe.
Also the French (and Americans) murdered your people and Colonize you, and they were highly influenced by the Roman Empire
i mean the romans had a kind of fish sauce too garum. so vietnam has somthing incommon with romans.
@@casslane3932 That is very interesting. Thank you for the info, I'll look into it.
@@VNSnake1999 i remember hearing about it after i learned about the roman fish sauce garum because i looked up where i could get some or if it existed in any culture. and it does though lots of roman recipes surive they used the sauce to hide the taste of gone off food so the army was desperate for it.
I bring it up to my bros at least once a week. Usually to win a debate. Also Brett you should do a comment review of all your own comments!!
it's the lessons we can learn from the beginning part of the fall of rome to the end that really speaks to us.. but other parts as well that teach us things like do not give any one man too much power.
in general many things about it require serious thought... but it's not limited to the roman empire either.
You’ve discovered something about men that I as a man did not even know we all thought about lol.
Have you watched the vid yet..
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Haha same!
When Brett spoke about Jane Austen and the Regency Era, I was surprised she didn't think about a frequently mentioned city in Austen's writing, Bath, which was established by Romans (Roman Baths). The empire waist style of Regency Dress and even the way the women wore their hair was Greco-Roman in style. The Roman Empire is everywhere.
Exactly! Look at a Roman portrait or bust, you see basically a generic modern European hair style. Look at a 19th or 20th century government building, bank, or other high status building, and you see a Greco-Roman aesthetic. You can’t avoid it (nor do I really wish to).
As someone with an obsession with history, although I really dislike the Roman Empire, I doubt I often pass a day without being reminded of it at least once.
When someone mentions Roman Empire in front of me, I think of many things. Mostly my thoughts go to my home country. I am originally from Lebanon but live in Switzerland. I travel to Lebanon very often and still see to this day what the Romans left behind. I am a sociocultural person so I like to travel and learn. When I went to Rome and learned everything on the spot, I realized how women like me like to stay at home. It was easier then. Your own concern was to look after the children, to love and respect your partner, to be respected, to cook and not to work like a man at least 40-45 hours a week. The household also comes to it, after I also sit for an hour and 15 minutes in public transport while driving back and forth. In addition, you also get harassed at work. And the period? That's no big deal, make yourself a cup of tea and bleed to death while you work. No. I'd rather sit in a garden and enjoy the fresh fruit while watching my children picking flowers and being children. These thoughts then lead to the present moment in which I want to build my own empire. A life of good quality. Maybe it is because I am the eldest daughter of a traditional family, maybe it is because my father taught me not to rely on anyone and to build my life (empire) by myself. Maybe it is because I am disgusted with the life quality of today. Now I am in my 20s, making sure to change the tradition of the family and not rush things so I can build myself the empire I want my children to grow up in and to have a place for my parents to take care of them in the future. But there are battles on the way. Men and women are battling for their own sake and each one of them have their own vision when they think of the Roman Empire.
Unfortunately you can't leave having children until after you have built your empire -- women have a biological clock. You may have to take a baby break for a few years, and then resume building your empire. However, Nature makes up for that because women are at their toughest in their 50's, while men start declining in their early-mid 40's. So you end up with at least the same amount of quality time and energy.
Fun fact, Beirut was home to the Roman Empire's best law school.
@@MB-xe8bbI don't know why, but it feels like I needed to read this.
@@iratepirate3896I didn't know that. Thank you for this information. I love reading facts I didn't know about my home country
The transition from the Roman republic to the empire is some of the most fascinating times. Marcus Aurelius and his philosophy and expansion is a good time period. The several civil wars and the punic wars are also fascinating
Degeneracy and trans ideology of the time marked the crumbling societal morality leading up to the fall of the roman republic. Sounds familiar.
the pre-republic rome is also fascinating, but less talked about
@@scratthesquirrel5242 same
yeah
dude, the 5 good emperors and their ways helped me cultivate who i am today. single, playing videogames and imbued with sht tons of wisdom.
Having visited Rome this summer, I can say that Rome is simply eternal. It's so rich in history, culture, and just walking around the ancient monuments gives you a sense of wonder and nostalgia. Before I visited Rome through, I was still very fascinated of its power, the emperors and its intriguing history so to finally get to go there was like no other experience. I think there is so much we can learn from the ancient world and that we should never try to forget it. By reading ancient books, visiting ancient sites, or taking the time to reflect on where we come from. I think we can learn a lot and truly benefit from it. Ave Roma eterna!
Damm, I can't ask that from my dad anymore 😟 He loved history, I believe 3 times would had been before noon 😂 He would had love to visit in Rome and Italy.
*aeterna
I’ve been fortunate to visit Rome as well as a few other of their places in modern day Turkey. It’s amazing to see what they could create
no shit
Is this why my rewatched episodes were "Pompeii" on Netflix and then also "Fires of Pompeii" from Doctor Who recently? 😂
I'm a woman from England and I've always thought about the Roman Empire a lot, I know the Empire had a huge impact on my country, I am hugely interested in history and I do love playing CK2/CK3. But then again, I do love babies, Jane Austen novels and the Victorian era 😅
I love studying ancient history. I always think about the Roman empire or ancient Greece. If I read about current events, I see parallels with ancient Rome. The Roman empire also had a huge impact on Christianity.
From the bronze age to recent events it's cool to notice the patterns and study the failures throughout history
My wife asked me this yesterday. I didn’t know why? But my response , was daily. How could you not? the Roman Empire gave birth to Western Civilization. Art, War, Politics, it’s role in Christianity.Emperors like Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, Nero, Caligula, etc. They ran the gambit or brilliant men to total psychopaths. There is no limit to interesting and sometimes scary parallels to the U.S.
Yes! It's the parallels to the fall of the US for me too, we have so many things in common.
It’s only weird now that everyone’s talking about it. But yeah, it crosses my mind at least once a day.
@@poogissploogisyep, it's going to happen soon
We cannot forget Cicero, too important policy wise
Caligula is off the chart
The cat named nero is funny. I name my hard drives according to roman military ranks😂
I love seeing Shad pop up on this channel.
The Roman empire is just fascinating in and of itself but one of the most interesting aspects is the how and why of its fall. Considering the state of collaspe of the west it is an increasingly relevant topic.....also the Roman were one of if not the most successful civilizations in human history. The literally moved society forward, their eventual collaspe brought on a literal dark age.
Evertyime something on social media remineds us how bad Amercian life has become I am reminded of the fall of the Roman Empire. Bread and Circuses.
@naturalsleepcoach42 , I can't agree more. When America falls, as it will unfortunately happen at some point, it will be from within.
Ironically one of the reasons for its fall was them questions sex and gender. You’ll notice the U.S(one of the greatest if not the strongest nation right now) is also failing when they talk about the difference between sex and gender…
@@BigG627 yep you can chart the fall of civilizations by how masculine their male figures in art are depicted. AZ the civilizations decline the men were depicted as more and more feminine.
49 percent Tax rate on the lower and middle class. They left , and started Romania, the Country. No money to fund the Army/Empire after that.
As a young woman, I think about the Roman Empire quite a bit because I enjoy history, especially ancient and medieval. I’m reading a book on Britain under the Roman Empire right now, but even without that, I’d say I think about it at least a few times a week. Feels kind of weird being lumped in with all the men in terms of interests and thought patterns, but that seems to happen to me a lot 😅
Same! Everyone talking about the male urge to think about the empire and how it fell, meanwhile I love thinking about that.
Cool. What's the name of the book?
Woman here, and think about the roman empire every day. And yes, i also want to know the name of the book you are reading.
For real. I am a woman who thinks about the Roman empire at least twice a week. How can you not? What goes through people's heads when they see a bridge that looks like an aqueduct?
What is your opinion, who is the rightful successor of the Roman empire?
I’m a guy and I’ve never been asked that question before you are the first I’ve even heard ask that question, and my answer to the question is, as a person who studies history I think about the Roman Empire often not every single day but quite often.
I feel the Roman Empire thoughts, but then you mentioned someone said they think about ww2 a lot and I’m definitely in that boat more often. Honestly multiple times a day..
As a woman, I don't think I've ever thought of the Roman empire outside of it being brought up in a class or movie or something. But I think about babies/children every single day, multiple times a day. If my mind wanders, that's what it's wandering to. I also had to laugh when you brought up the Regency period/Jane Austen because I think about that probably once a week.
Update edit: I asked my boyfriend and he responded in Latin. So yeah.
That's amazing! I love it 😂
What a true chad!
Cool boyfriend. He probably knows more if he knows that😂
@@thehybridtheory7109 It has been one hour and he's still telling me facts about Rome. What have I done
Not surprising, XX's do not have the mental faculties for deep thinking
For anyone interested, Colleen McCollough wrote an amazing historical epic series on Ancient Rome called The Masters of Rome series. It tells the story of the fall of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire and Julius Ceasar's rise to power and fall. Incredible read. I highly recommend.
Yes the Romans had dogs and kept a lot of them as household pets buying fancy collars and food building mausoleums for them upon their deaths...pretty much the same as we do today. Some of the epitaphs are incredibly touching too.
For me personally, I like seeing the armour, weapons, battles, and the Roman Empire war cry. (Due to Netflix tv series of "Roman Empire"
I asked my husband this question yesterday, and I wish I would have recorded it. His response was, "I brought up a Roman emperor twice today in conversation." And I just burst out into laughter 😂
Guys love this kind of stuff. I constantly think about the circumstances which led the Roman republic to become the Roman Empire. It parallels what’s happening to us.
Did he say which one?
Ask black people how much they think about slavery
@@captainsisko7629 Nobody gives af about slavery
@@captainsisko7629 You say that like they were the only ones to be so.
I think about it all the time. Especially how it FELL and how the times we live in right now are very similar.
Same.
In a lot of ways America is the 21st century rome
You mean when the republic fell? Roman society at that time was experiencing a lot of changes much like we are seeing in society today. For example the rapid spread of gender ideology.
I love roman era and onstantinople (and even if not roman, about Alexander the great too and more). Glad to know Im not the only one thinking about that at least a couple days a week.
Really only when someone brings the topic up. Even UA-cam rarely brings it up.