Throughout the later stages of 2023 you may have seen peculiar posts regarding the roman empire across TikTok and various other social medias. Just what is it all about!?
Let’s take a look at the initial Roman Empire meme as well as the ‘My Roman Empire’ evolution of the meme
The Roman Empire
Do you ever spend your day pondering the Roman empire? Well chances are you are a boyfriend! That’s according to the latest meme on Tiktok anyway. The general rundown on the meme is spouses asking their boyfriend how often they think about the longest spanning empire in history, only to find that the answer is much more often than they would have ever guessed!
@allie_ninfo OMG I’m mind blown rn 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #romanempire #romanempireprank #lol ♬ original sound – Allie Ninfo
Clearly, guys have a soft spot for this period in history. A few times a week seems a bit much to be thinking about ancient history… But what’s not to love!? The hand-struck gold coins, the impeccable battle strategies, drama, warfare with the emperors and senates, even the gladiators! Despite the civilisation being long gone, there are many references of the empire from the films that we watch to the anecdotes from the past. As a guy, it’s hard not to find references regarding Ancient Rome in one form or another, much to the amusement of spouses.
‘My Roman Empire’ explained
‘My Roman empire’ is simply a progression of the meme. It’s turned on its head so instead of asking spouses whether they think a lot about the Roman Empire, it’s simply them announcing what they spend way too much time thinking about. For example, cats wreaking havoc on the bird population:
@heyfrankiesimmons This is my roman empire
♬ original sound – 🇵🇸☀️Frankie 🌳🇵🇸
There’s a lot of quirky things that people think about day in day out. Boyfriends’ alleged obsession over Rome is merely a spotlight shone onto one of those topics. It turns out we all have our unique thoughts that we delve into a bit too much. It’s what makes us human after all.