[Humour] How Often Do You Think About The Roman Empire?

[Tyrone Biggums]

The signs were always there but nobody was paying attention.

James Reyne was thinking about the Romans back in 1987

 

[Bozza]

Hang on - are there men who aren't thinking about the Roman Empire nearly all the time?

Out yourself, you weirdos.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Quite often if I think about it - 2 to 3 times a week.
every time I drive on the M27 past Portsmouth I look across to Porchester Castle. …… which I will be doing for AEK Athens and Bournemouth.
last week on two separate occasions I found myself driving firstly on the Fosse Way, and then Watling Street.

 

[portslade seagull]

Do they need to pay reparations for killing and enslaving our ancestors or are the roads and sewer systems payment enough

 

[Mackenzie]

I was thinking about Roman roads on my drive to Shrewsbury yesterday, the day before somebody mentioned the word trivia which got me thinking. Happens all the time.

 

[el punal]

Well I reckon builders, architects, bricklayers, handymen, town planners etc. think about it all the time because their stock excuse if things go tits up is “Rome wasn’t built in a day”.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

I listen to Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast when trying to sleep at night so I would say most nights.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Most days

 

[Brovion]

The Roman empire: why men just can’t stop thinking about it

Women across the world are asking men how often the ancient civilisation pops into their head – and the answer is frequently startling

www.theguardian.com

Not sure what is weirder, the fact that this is a thing or the fact that apparently men think about the Roman Empire a lot!

That is possibly the weirdest thing I've ever read. Obviously I'm thinking about the Roman Empire right now, but no, I can't say it's a subject that crops up regularly in my thoughts. Certainly if I'm sitting on the sofa with a faraway look in my eyes my wife never says "You're thinking about the Roman Empire again aren't you?"

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

I think my peak was during GCSE history, it’s never been on the same level since

 

[BadFish]

That is possibly the weirdest thing I've ever read. Obviously I'm thinking about the Roman Empire right now, but no, I can't say it's a subject that crops up regularly in my thoughts. Certainly if I'm sitting on the sofa with a faraway look in my eyes my wife never says "You're thinking about the Roman Empire again aren't you?"

I am definitely going to use it next time I get asked what I am thinking about.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Depends on the day. Yesterday, I thought about it VII times but only IV times on Tuesday.

I used to think about it more at school when I was taking part in playground games. I came. I saw. I conkered.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Well I reckon builders, architects, bricklayers, handymen, town planners etc. think about it all the time because their stock excuse if things go tits up is “Rome wasn’t built in a day”.

V minute job

 

[Normal Rob]

Well, technically speaking that's not quite true. It was a kingdom until Tarquinus Superbus's son decided to rape Lucretia and set in train events that led to the establishment of the Roman Republic.

It was a republic for 400 odd years, administered by a dictator, although not in the sense we'd know it as he'd still be bound by laws of Rome. That changed with Sulla who gave the dictator more power and changed more radically under Julius Caesar, who became a dictator as we'd understand the term - hence his assassination in 44BC. Rome then became a true republic for 17 years before Octavius took over and became Caesar Augustus

Yes yes yes, but you could carry that line of argument back to the stone age

 

[Questions]

Yesterday I saw a documentary foretelling the future of the planet if we disappeared overnight.
The chap said that in one of the tall Manhattan skyscrapers there is more glass than the Romans produced during their entire reign.,

So there you have it.

 

[Bakero]

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Every morning when I get my coffee, I sing 'I need a Nero' to myself. The mighty power of advertising.

I also live near a Kia dealership and their Kia Niro's can trigger the same response. Indeed, it's earworming as I type.

 

[Questions]

Well, technically speaking that's not quite true. It was a kingdom until Tarquinus Superbus's son decided to rape Lucretia and set in train events that led to the establishment of the Roman Republic.

It was a republic for 400 odd years, administered by a dictator, although not in the sense we'd know it as he'd still be bound by laws of Rome. That changed with Sulla who gave the dictator more power and changed more radically under Julius Caesar, who became a dictator as we'd understand the term - hence his assassination in 44BC. Rome then became a true republic for 17 years before Octavius took over and became Caesar Augustus

And is that where I Claudius began ?

 

[hart's shirt]

Depends on the day. Yesterday, I thought about it VII times but only IV times on Tuesday.

I for one am a big fan of Roman numerals.

Some people are trying to ban them. Not on my watch.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

This should be a question for Pompeii fans shirley?

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