A new trend on TikTok recently took over the internet regarding the minds of men in their everyday lives. In the trend, women ask the men in their lives, seemingly out of nowhere, how frequently they find themselves thinking about the Empire which ruled Ancient Rome. The entertaining aspect of this trend is that, surprisingly, the boys admit to thinking of the Roman Empire often than not. This trend created controversy.
The start of this trend stemmed from a Swedish influencer named Saskia Cort.  She posted a video in September 2022, encouraging her followers to ask their male partners how often they think about the Roman Empire. Almost a year later, Artur Hulu, a Roman re-enactor based in Sweden, reignited the trend. Mr. Hulu posted on Instagram describing the surprising truth about how frequently men think about the subject. This then reignited today’s new TikTok trend:  Why do they think about the Roman Empire? This question led the trend to go viral.