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"How much time do you spend thinking about the Roman Empire?"

Google's Year in Search 2023 shows off the top trends of the year. For the 25th anniversary of the company, Google is also revealing the top searches of all time since the list started.

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Stoicism may be having a renaissance. For centuries, the ancient philosophy that originated in Greece and spread across the Roman Empire was more or less treated as extinct – with the word “stoic” hanging on as shorthand for someone unemotional. But today, with the help of the internet, it’s gaining…

How often do you think about the Roman empire? This question, posed to men by their partners on social media app TikTok, has led to a storm of viral videos. Women are amused to discover the answer is often “every day”, or at least “several times a week”.

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The historian was speaking amid a trend on social media that highlights how often men ponder the time of togas, swords and emperors.

Your brain on the Roman Empire

You may have seen the latest viral trend: women asking the men in their lives how often they think about the Roman Empire. Apparently, the answer is: quite often. This is curious for a couple of reasons. First, because the Roman Republic was a far more interesting period. And second,…

A TikTok with over 1 billion views argues that men think about the Roman empire a lot—and gloomy billionaires are no exception.