Generally only if something else prompts it. Such as this meme and the news around it, or a game, or a work of fiction referencing it for some reason. It doesn’t come up independently in my head.

I’m currently in a course about the Roman Republic in college, so pretty much every other day.

Not often. I imagine they are just like us, but much more brutal. I am as intrigued by the earlier civilization on the other side of the world. e.g. the approach to war stratrgy/methodology by Sun Tzu to train concubines to march like soldiers. I wonder what’s the acceptable way of doing it today.

I read several pages of the The Daily Stoic…well…daily…so pretty much at least once a day.

Often because I always had an interest in their history.

As a kid I was fascinated by the fact they existed, were so successful and then disappeared.

As an adult reading more details about their society and civilization, it amazes and terrifies me how we are following the same path and mentality. Which means we may very well be on the same path of self destruction. When they were in their glory, they were never aware that they would die out. We are feeling the same way today with total confidence.

2,000 years from now our decedants may see us in the same way we see the Romans today.

Only every time this gets asked

All the time! I studied Latin and Classical History for years so it’s a deep interest of mine. I often reminisce about the trip I took to Italy with my Latin class to visit Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Barely at all before this whole “How often do you think a out the Roman Empire” thing popped up

But there is some context that I more often think about that is related.

First: You are now aware of the position of your togue in your mouth.

Diagonies is one that comes up at least once every couple weeks at work, this usually leads to Rome.

Second: You are now manually breathing.

Basically ancient philosophers is a topic that comes up a lot with some of my friends, so Rome comes up in relation to it.

Third: Don’t think of a pink elephant

But in general I’d say before this whole thing it was basically at most once a month.

Sometimes. I don’t get why people idolize it and mourn its fall though, the whole thing seems like it was defined by slavery and murder and domination and is honestly horrifying.

I joked about my wife competing for a job with another candidate by having a gladitorial match. She was like, “Roman Empire again, huh?” and I was like “… fuck.”

At least twice a week, but counting indirectly then even more.

Edit: Oh the empire? A lot less. Late Republic club unite.

Fairly often, but mostly because I have a Roman Empire obsessed friend who, regardless of conversation topic, always manages to make a comparison to the Roman Empire.

This is why we need an ask historian community on lemmy. Rome questions would have spiked about now

Guy. Several times a week. Legit.

I think on Rome fairly often, but it’s usually more often on the republic.

about how the Republic fell and became a totalitarian state.

I was thinking about this literally yesterday, on the nature of Octavian betraying the Republic, and how the Iulii and the Claudii simply kept themselves on power through the whole process. (Both gentes were already powerful in Republican times.) Or how some of the Claudii called themselves “Clodius” instead of “Claudius” for the sake of populism. (“See? I’m from the people! I even speak like a pleb!”)