The Roman Empire trend
You might remember it as how often do you think about the Roman Empire
“How often do you think of the Roman Empire?”
A question thousands of women filmed themselves asking, and the answers were all yes.
At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- how often do you think about the Roman Empire
- Spread in
- 2023
- Format
- Phenomenon
- Made by
- Artur Hulu, a Swedish Roman re-enactor known online as Gaius Flavius
- What it said
- “How often do you think of the Roman Empire?”
- Where it started
- Instagram, in August 2023; it spread on TikTok the following month
- Origin
- No single original
- Available
- Not held by ViralWorld
What this wasThe story
The Swedish reenactor Artur Hulu, posting as Gaius Flavius, wrote in August 2023 that women had no idea how often men think about the Roman Empire. By September the format was everywhere: a phone turned on a boyfriend, a father, a brother, and an answer somewhere between weekly and daily.
What people misrememberSet straight
Commonly remembered asIt started on TikTok.
ActuallyIt was first posted on Instagram.1
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
Where it came fromWhat we know
This spread through many posts rather than one identifiable original. No copy is held here — what it was, when it spread and what people called it is what this page can tell you.
Nothing here is claimed to be the first version of this. It spread through many posts rather than from one identifiable original.
Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.
SourcesWhat was read
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