How many times do you think about the Roman Empire per day?

  • Varyk
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    1 day ago

    almost never, i dont quite understand the widespread gendered culturalur of Roman history.

    outside of the song Zero to Hero in Hercules, which is obviously amazing.

    no wait, that’s Greece.

    oh but then Hercules the name is Roman right?

    originallly heracles?

    oo boy

    • MisterFrog@lemmy.worldOP
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      22 hours ago

      Hopefully it’s understood that the “how often do you think of the Roman Empire per day” about men is a meme, it just so happens that I’ve quite enjoyed Roman history, and also happen to be a man.

      I wouldn’t say interest Roman history is a “man thing”, just that my own personal experience happened to be meme-able haha

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        15 hours ago

        ha, i definitely have known only men and many men who love to start talking about Roman history at the drop of a hat.

        It’s a meme, but it’s very anecdotally accurate in my experience.

        it has 100% of the time been a guy talking about “the thing about ancient rome!..” haha.

        “it’s like, they only took the best ideas, and then only improved on those ideas after adding them into their society!”

        “The reason Roman militaries were undefeated was their commitment to organization and efficiency. do you know about Hannibal? not the movie., a general. no, his son!”