TikTok trend shows men think about the Roman Empire often
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- Опубликовано: 14 сен 2023
- A viral video sparked a debate on TikTok where women ask the men in their lives how often they think about the Roman Empire - and they’re shocked by the frequency.
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I like how women are confused about men thinking about it so much and men are confused how women aren't constantly thinking about it. Wholesome little trend that shows how different we are
I'm a woman and I think about the Vikings far more than I think about the Roman Empire.
As a Mediterranean, it's an inseparable cultural influence and mental go to. Then there's Christianity, and where it all began.
@@AmandaFromWisconsin Vikings were nothing compared to Rome.
Varangian guard were viking mercenaries that were paid to protect rulers in Constantinople during the Eastern Roman Empire, even when East Roman Empire under the hand off pope went on the 4th crusade to Jerusalem and made a quick stop at Constantinople and besieged it and burned it down just to put their ruler on the throne and because their ruler said he will put Eastern Orthodox under papal control (this domino'ed into Ottomans taking the city because of damage in the later years) varangians were in Constantinople (although they left the then standing emperor that lost the city because he didnt pay them). @@tinman3586
@@AmandaFromWisconsin nah germanic tribe in continent is good
The fact that people don't think about the Roman Empire scares me.
No fear
I doubt most of the people saying yes actually do.
@@yerlocalpeanutdealer795I don’t, I can’t tell you how often most of the conversations of my friends and myself somehow lead to talks of stoicism and it’s not all the same friends either, it’s a wide variety of em
Humans in the 2000s are brainwashed, the whole roman empire would laugh at the humans now in the 2000s, we are nothing to the roman empire but poo underneath their boots.
I think of the glory of Rome every time I have to dodge a pothole or pass by a bridge that’s been under construction for years longer then it ever should have. The Roman’s wouldn’t have let their infrastructure rot as bad as we have.
When their roads started actually potholes that was about the time when the empire began to decline. Some good food for thought....
they didn't, until they did. and then came the visigoths and the vandals and huns
and it was done
You’re right. I live by a canal in PA with a viaduct. We have a natural spring fed creek. I do think about the Romans & water
It's because America cares about money and Rome cared about its people. Rome wasn't a capitalist society so the idea of unnecessarily hoarding wealth from the public wasn't as acceptable as it is now. They actually taxed the rich in built infrastructure that people actually needed.
That's not true and there's no comparison between the traffic loads modern roads must endure and what the roman roads had to endure.
We are thinking about Roman E because we witnessed our whole society colapse and we want our world back
This
Speak for yourself
@@firstlast8258 He speaks for more than himself.
@@tinman3586 🍪
Our society collapsed? Huh?
When your body is lacking nutrients it often begins to crave the foods that contain it. The same is happening for our soul.
💯 Amen
Amen.
Wut
The Romans built a civilization that lasted for 1000yrs, how they did that is a reason to be thinking it.
Not actually, feudalism lasted more than the Roman Empire. At least more than the western Roman Empire
2000 years if you take it from rise of Rome to the fall of 1453
nope. Romans had a monarchy, a republic and then an empire which altogether lasted 2000 years. the Ottomans ended the roman empire.@@markstein2845
It actually lasted for 2200 years. It started off as a small town, then it became a kingdom, then it became a republic, then an empire. The western half fell in 476 and the eastern half continue until 1453.
That is the source of a lot of historical debate, personally the Byzantine Empire is more of successor state rather than a continuation of Rome due to cultural and political differences@@PELLIOTIS
The philosophy of stoicism is a good thing to think about all the time.
So you think about ancient Greece a lot?
It's at the heart of Western Civilization, and is echoed in society today, so you pretty much have to. There's lessons in there about citizenship, democracy, class, sports, entertainment, philosophy, war, violence, religion (and religious persecution), diversity, ethics, toilets, water distribution, architecture, art, public infrastructure, employment etc. etc. etc. Kind of lump Greece and Rome together. But yeah...everyday. Especially with politics and partisanship where it is.
This isn't what most are thinking about.. such a beta answer
But in your head are you like, "This is a great soccer game. Thanks, Roman Empire!" "That Putin is nuts. Roman Empire!" Like, how does this arise in your head?
@@mkeerkens I literally thank the Roman Empire for sewers and stuff every time I sit on the toilet
western civillisation is murican and anglo dribble.
@@mkeerkens I think of the spectacle of games and sports and reenactments that use to happen at the Colosseum and across the empire. The ancient Olympics that got appropriated into the empire. The way seats were separated by class. Think of the community aspect of shows that the emperors put on that were used to keep the people complacent and invested in the empire. Political rallies that use like classic rock and hits to keep the vibe positive.
And also how toilets with running water sort of originated in Rome. That was actually a majorly important thing for civilizations to grow. Without the water stuff world population would be much lower, and more sick and less efficient. Granted a lot of their water was contaminated from their lead pipes and there's also a theory that Rome became as f'd up and violent as it did because of the poisoning. Today people are weary of fluoride and pesticides and other chemicals in the water.
And our entertainment industry has a lot of it's origins in Rome and Greece. The empire knew the value of keeping all classes entertained with both knowledge and fantasy...how it was essential to holding it together through culture. A lot of why I think of Rome is in considering how we appropriate aspects of it, and try to avoid the most destructive or cruel mistakes. Also how Christianity changed us.
I realized just how different men and women are on FB. Early on, when people used to chat on FB more often, I'd post something I was thinking about, and women could not fathom that it was not because I was feeling an emotional reaction due to something happening in my life at the time. Nope, I was really just thinking about it. The Roman Empire thing is a great example of how this operates.
It's about power, war, politics, civilization, history, infrastructure, and world-altering events -- everything a man finds compelling!
I'm a man and don't think about the Roman Empire
For men.
'All thoughts lead to Rome'
And rome collapsed 😂
*_tHeY DiDn'T hAvE iCe BaCk ThEn_*
Yeah, that was rather ridiculous. LOL. Ice storage even in the summer is something humans have mastered for thousands of years. It is not a modern phenomenon with refrigeration.
I literally think about the Imperium Romanum continuously.
Bring back the REAL European Union😢
The Romans actually thought most of Europe was a bunch of barbarians, if anything it was a Mediterranean union.
@@Calikid331 Yes and no. Romans of the Roman Republic had this view since most of their European holdings were clustered around the Mediterranean, but this changed during the Principate of the Roman Empire when places as far as southern Scotland became Romanized under Roman provincial occupation. By 212 AD with Caracalla's edict all freemen in the Roman Empire became citizens, meaning people in Italy had the same citizenship as Romans in Hungary, Germany, France, England, Spain, etc. (and of course the same applied to North Africa and West Asia).
@@Calikid331That isn't true at all
@@Calikid331I've seen a few posts from you, and you seem to have a very limited understanding of Rome that is heavily colored by your personal beliefs.
Rome lasted around 2000 years from the early Iron Age to the early gun powder age. When Rome was young Europeans were tribal, when Rome was old Europe was conquering America.
Every time i look at a road i think about it
Roma aeterna; the Empire lives in the hearts of men everywhere
WE ARE THE ROMAN EMPIRE
- Al, the Romans did have ice, Nero loved iced drinks.
Logic, order, virtue, and civilization - all the best of the Roman Empire.
"Virtue"
I think of the Roman Empire every time I see a concrete structure, or when I am speaking English.
I'm a Japanese male, but I think about the Roman Empire twice or three times a week, indeed. I thought I was the one who thought about it. But wait, actually I rather think about muscular men in the ancient Roman Empire, so it could be the Greek Empire, also. I didn't know straight guys also thought about it.
I am from a country that has been conquered and ruled over from the Roman Empire for centuries. Of course I wpuld think about it.
Roma Invicta!
Straight men are also thinking about the muscular men
I don't really think about the Roman Empire much. World War 2 on the other hand, daily.
Happy to know that I'm not alone.
I think about it every time i adjust my Surround Sound SPQR System
I’ve never been so proud of men ❤ Roma invicta
@@jasonyork9966 I’ll be Gaul if you’ll be Julius Cesar.
@@binabina4445 Dibs on Scipio Africanus!
Strength and Honor
I think about Ancient Rome daily and Gladiator is my favorite film of all time!
A great movie. I love to listen Pavarotti singing Il Gladiatore
@@elzifreire7681 A great score!
The spirit of Hadrian rises!
There are so many reasons to think about eh Roman Empire. For example, if you're like me and enjoy breaking down words to find the roots of where those words came from, much of modern language comes from latin. So you can look up the latin root words and have a better understanding of what the correct pronunciation is and how the modern words evolved over time.
Rome and Egypt are two of the most fascinating empires in history. Absolutely badassery...
I think about the Roman republic every day, I dislike the empire.
Bronze age collapse is way more interesting.
I think about Spartans, BOY.
I question te intelligence of anyone who doesn't think of Rome.
Roma Aeterna!
Who tf think about the Roman Empire. I’m thinking about how I’m gonna pay my bills every day
We just all deep down want a Roman Empire to exist again. At least that's what I want.
It does exist. We are arguably living in it right now, or at least a version of it that evolved over the centuries.
@@tinman3586yeah. We're reliving the FALL of the Roman empire
@@tinman3586 More like the FALL of the Roman Empire my friend lol
If you are in the US you get to see similarities with the fall of the Roman empire in real time.
@@emarskineelhow is it the fall
I'm a woman and I think about it loads whenever I think about infrastructure, the names of planets and months, their war tactics, there's like thousands of years to think about lol
I'm a woman and I don't really think about the Roman Empire all that much, but I do think about the Vikings pretty often.
Even our script is descended from Roman Latin.
I am a woman and I think about the Roman empire often. Mostly because it heavily impacted my country's culture but yeah. Think about it a lot.
The Romans imported ice from the mountains, so this guy does not know what he’s talking about. They made shave ice with fruits and stuff, so
Dude in the 1949 era Suit with the mystified face says it all
68 or "Entry of the Gladiators" (Czech: Vjezd gladiátorů) is a military march composed in 1897 by the Czech composer Julius Fučík. He originally titled it "Grande Marche Chromatique", reflecting the use of chromatic scales throughout the piece, but changed the title based on his personal interest in the Roman Empire.
There is nothing remotely new about this and it isn't explained by any fad. It's just the sort of thing men think about and have always thought about.
For that matter Western education used to highly emphasize the Greco-Roman past, with Greek and Latin being very important for a general rounded education of college grads and even younger schoolboys of the 18th and 19th centuries. That became less important during the course of the 20th century and now it's barely a thing in the 21st century.
It's not even Rome, it's concern for history in general.
I'm sure we all think about the similarities between now and Weimar Germany too.
Thank you Al Roker! Your face is exactly how I have been reacting to this
All roads leads to rome.
As a man I never think about it.
Not a good sign.
I think it comes with age... when you mature you start looking at history and looking inside.
Because we are men and we desire to conquer.
Dude on the right is me
"They didn't have ice back then".....🤨
Least 2 times a day. Passively I think about Armor. the weapons, their inventions. They are TRULY amazing and impressive.
Those are rookie numbers gotta think about it more
Woman here, I get it. I too think about Rome nearly daily. But for me it comes from a place of wanting something that modern life just cant give me. I guess I'd like some small simple happiness.
It could be as simple as looking at your watch with Roman numerals. It’s not like these guys are studying siegecraft & fortification of the legions. 😂
*Cough
Wrong
"They didn't have ice back then"
Wanna think twice about that, champ?
I think of it at least once a day.
I think about it at least every few hours. the fact that women cannot comprehend this is very telling. they cannot internalize history because they played no part in it. their surprise and confusion is genuinely disturbing.
Not true for me. Grew up with a dad that loved all the sword & sandals films. Studied the classics & was a civil engineer. My son leans more towards Egyptology but I made sure he knows his Roman Numerals 😊
that’s wonderful, good for you. women played no part in history. catherine the great and cleopatra and elizabeth and victoria and jadwiga and theodora are outliers. women overwhelmingly had almost no impact whatsoever on human history. who did napoleon say was the greatest woman?
@@AleksandrGabachev Women of royal families are outliers? I mean, compared to regular women, yes. Queens regnant and especially queen dowagers controlling thrones behind the scene were far more common than you seem to think, especially in China even though only one ruled openly as empress regnant (Wu Zetian).
@@AleksandrGabachev Putting ruling queens aside, if you're talking about statesmen, generals, inventors, discoverers, philosophers, writers, etc. you are correct. However, first known author by name was Akkadian princess/priestess Enheduanna, and ancient female historians go back to China's Ban Zhao and Rome's Pamphile of Epidaurus.
I would argue that in all of Byzantine era Greek historiography, the 12th century princess historian Anna Komnene was one of the top figures given the influence and importance of her Alexiad in both Greek and wider medieval literature.
the alexiad is common knowledge. there were other 12th century byzantine histories, she was not the only author. again, this is another rare occurrence. you don’t have to simp for 900 year old greek princesses. what are gonna do, tell me about sappho next?
Its a daily contest for me, it's either the roman empire or WW2.. especially Stalingrad
I thought about it a lot while I was in Iraq. I was just a lowly soldier in the greatest military machine the world has yet seen, sent to a far-flung backwater while the Republic crumbles. I even have a faint line under my chin where hair doesn't seem to grow. I've always wondered if that was due to my kevlar helmet chin strap, especially since it was mentioned in the movie, "The Eagle," that Roman legionnaires are marked by their gods (chins scarred by the chin strap).
One must imagine Sisyphus happy
I dont get it cause i think about the ancient Egyptians all the time
“All roads lead back to Rome”
Woah Carson sounds based
Veni Vidi Vici
When a building takes longer than it should to build, I always think the Trajan with his architect, Apolodor from Damasc, built a strong bridge over a fast and large river in less than 2 years only to conquer a northern land. They were disciplined, they were not lazy in those tough times. How comes we nowadays are not like that... And we can see parts of that bridge even at this day.
Low IQ: Don't think about Rome
Mid IQ: Think about the Roman Empire
High IQ: Think about the Roman Republic
Genius: Think about 5th Century BC Athens and the Greek city states.
you skipped the Roman Kingdom
@@AleksandrGabachev We don't talk about that.
@@Cleisthenes607fr roman kingdom was lame plus not much is known about it
No, I think a genius would think about how the dark ages of Greece forced the Grecian people to migrate to Italy and Sicily which led to the creation of cities such as Syracuse, Croton, Neapolis, etc. and how those cities would pump Grecian technology and culture into the Italic people giving birth to the Etruscan tribe, and later the Romans, and ensuring that, even long after Greece fell to Rome, Greece would live on in everything that was Roman.
Persia on top
I doubt that there’s been a single day in the past 30+ years when I didn’t think of the Roman Empire.
The United Staes is often compared to the Roman Empire, both for its strengths, but it's weaknesses and flaws.
How Rome fell while its citizens were distracted by the gladiators? How Rome shrieked its duty to maintain its borders and the Hunns were able to invade under Yangas Khan. How Nero played the fiddle while he watched Rome burn....
Nope, I totally don't see why anyone would think back to the Roman Empire. History ALWAYS repeats itself.
History is repeating itself and today we're living in an odd combination of the fall of Rome and Weimar Republic Germany. 🤔Wonder what comes next?
@@GearZNetHopefully our Dictator is the benevolent kind.
@GearZNet An woke and weak society ( maybe near to idiocracy).
Ask me how often I think about how to make people stop thinking not only about the Roman Empire, but about history in general!
1:28 Bro is Spot on with his analysis.!
this is the sort of question that demonstrates why men are better, why men hold power, why men are respected, why women are historically insignificant etc etc etc
The ladies just being like "what? Why aren't you thinking about the royal family?"
Roman Empire = Tappin Dat Azz
Carson responds like most guys. He’s kinda surprised they don’t think about it.
This is kinda funny because I just started reading Meditations by Marcus Aurelius....
Men yearn for the legions
The ancient Greeks and Romans created the secular foundations of the Western Civilisation together with Judeo-Christian religious traditions. It is obvious all the European languages are full of Greek and Latin loanwords especially when it comes to science, arts, philosophy, politics and legislation.
My favourite Roman philosopher is Titus Lucretius Carus (99 BCE - 55 BCE) who wrote "On Nature of Things" (De rerum Natura) circa 60 BCE. His goal was to explain the Epicurean philosophy to the Roman audience. He explores the principles of atomism; the nature of the mind and soul; explanations of sensation and thought; the development of the world and its phenomena; and explains a variety of celestial and terrestrial phenomena. He didn't use the Gods to explain how the universe works.
dudes rock
Rome is eternal.
As a cautionary tale
Idk it’s weird for me I started thinking alot about rome and Egypt ancient empires this year but before this year it never crossed my mind
Today on my way to work I was genuinely thinking about how the Romans built their road system it was 4am. I hadn’t heard about this tread until later today now that I think about it I do think about the Roman Empire everyday just in passing thought.
I don’t think about it all. Trend is so weird.
Because Men, learn from the Rise and Fall of the roman empire.. history is the best teacher..
My college career was devoted to The Roman Empire. So, I think about it constantly.
I think about the rise and fall of the republic, specifically the rampant corruption why men like caesar had to move
Wait until they realize they should have asked us about how often we think of ww2 or medieval Europe 😂
Wow it’s so good to still see Carson on TV.
Our civilization is collapsing around us just like Rome, of course men think about it.
... And there you have it.
I do... Almost everyday... 😂
Im a strategy gamer and Rome and all of its glory comes to mind every other
and still a ton of roman roads and buildings here in uk
they had ice, now go think about romans some more
My quest is to take everything into account. Not only about things that do not benefit
There was a university professor teaching political science who trained a little a boy of pottery maker and made him an emperor, all in revenge of a king who insulted him..story of Maurya empire in india (324 to 297 BCE).
A ruthless king become emperor of india by fighting many wars but later he become non-volient and lived like a saint.He introduced tolerance to all religion, introduced free social work by government...He also spread Buddhism from india to far east like China and Japan ..he is Emperor Ashoka (coronation 269 BCE)
Chola kings (9th century CE) expanded Indian ocean 🌊 trader route, traded with Vietnam, Cambodia, China ,Korea and African countries like Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique...they are also the longest running empire in the world.
There are many great empires in South Asia and China as well, you can explore and think about them as well😊.
Men think about the Roman Empire, but not "why did my wife leave me?"
If you live in europe especially , the ruins of the empire are everywhere. You'll be in portugual seeing ancient roman artifacts and salt mines. The next day fly to turkey (hours of flying to the east) and find the same artifacts. It's still incredible to me, and their ideas built so much of what we have today. I guess women think about the kardasians instead 😂
Rome is mother to us all!
I admit I sometimes think about the Roman Empire but more specifically the Roman army: they had, in my opinion, an unique way to learn and a breathtaking way to adapt and reinvent themselves.
I also like Roman Engineering.
Al Roker is confused because he only thinks about the weather.
Ask women if they would like to on holiday to bath, I’m sure most wouldn’t say no
The expression on the gal's face at 1:30 is priceless.
I think about the Empire a lot, but to be fair I love roman history since i was in 9th grade
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