Roman Empire

name
/ˈɹəʊmən ˈɛmpaɪə/UK/ˈɹoʊmən ˈɛmpaɪɚ/US

Etymology

The sense something that one frequently thinks about is a reference to the "How Often Do You Think About the Roman Empire?" meme, popularized on Instagram and TikTok around September 2023.

Definitions

  1. An ancient empire based out of Rome, which succeeded the Roman Republic and existed…

    An ancient empire based out of Rome, which succeeded the Roman Republic and existed between 27 B.C.E. and 476 C.E. in the west (and until 1453 C.E. in the east; see Byzantine Empire), encompassing vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa, stretching from Britain and Germany to Spain, North Africa and the Persian Gulf.

  2. The Holy Roman Empire.

  3. An unexpected or apparently random topic that one frequently thinks about.

    • the dinner party episode from fleabag is my roman empire
    • No one understands how much I crave this. I yearn for this. This is my Roman Empire. You visualize an apple in your head, I visualize this at all times

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA