{"id":2049990,"date":"2023-09-29T17:15:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T21:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-men-think-about-the-roman-empire-all-the-time-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2023-09-29T17:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T21:16:27","slug":"yes-men-think-about-the-roman-empire-all-the-time-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-men-think-about-the-roman-empire-all-the-time-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Men Are Obsessed with the Roman Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyes-men-think-about-the-roman-empire-all-the-time-heres-why%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2049990&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Yes, Men Think About the Roman Empire All the Time: Here&#8217;s \u200cWhy<\/h2>\n<p>Every once in a while, social media yields genuine \u2064psychological\u200c insights.<\/p>\n<p>As \u200bevidenced by a recent TikTok trend, many women have learned, to their astonishment, that the men in their lives spend a good deal of time thinking about\u200d the Roman Empire.<\/p>\n<p>Theories abound as to why the defunct empire still fascinates men. Three basic reasons seem most convincing.<\/p>\n<p>Before exploring those\u200c reasons, however, it is \u200cworth noting \u2064that women have\u2063 driven this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/appeals-court-affirms-biden-likely-violated-first-amendment-suppressing-information-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/2023\/09\/20\/roman-empire-tiktok-trend-why-do-men-think-about-these-things\/70903823007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>, TikTok videos accompanied by the hashtag #Roman Empire have garnered more than\u200b 1.2 \u200bbillion views.<\/p>\n<p>Each\u2063 relevant video featured a woman asking \u2062the man \u2063in her life how often they think about the Roman Empire. The responses, \u2062often \u200dfrom husbands\u200d or boyfriends, left the women stunned.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the phenomenon originated in women wanting to know what their men think \u2063and why. \u2062The fact that\u2062 women want to know those things about men who are important \u2063to \u200dthem should surprise no \u200cone who\u2063 has lived in the\u200b world.<\/p>\n<p>Nor should\u2064 it cause surprise \u200dthat men and \u2064women often think about different things, though\u200c apparently readers needed reminding.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Do you think about the Roman Empire on a \u200bregular basis?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you \u200cto \u200cThe Western Journal news updates free of charge.\u2063 You\u200d may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere are actually some \u2063ways that men and women differ on\u200c psychological traits,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-pro-lgbt-legislation-seeks-overturn-sex-marriage-ban-3-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marriage<\/a> and family therapist Erik Anderson told USA Today.<\/p>\n<p>Of\u2063 course there are. Women and men know this very well,\u2064 and only silly or destructive cultural\u2062 pressures would prevent them from saying \u200dso.<\/p>\n<p>A heartening\u2063 feeling accompanies the realization that women, despite those cultural pressures,\u200b still ask \u2063why men think as they do.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, here are three possible explanations for\u2063 why men think\u200c about the Roman Empire.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3>Rome Conjures Images \u2062of Masculine Pastimes<\/h3>\n<p>First, Rome\u2064 conjures\u200b images of very masculine pastimes, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-wrong-not-trump-build-damn-thing-developments-saved-largest-city-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">building<\/a>, fighting and conquering.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Briggs, editor-in-chief of\u2063 National Geographic History Magazine, shared a number of relevant insights with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/why-men-obsessed-roman-empire-history-expert-says-american-thing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox\u200d News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Men love things. They enjoy learning why things \u2062work the way they do and how structures came \u200bto\u200b be. In this sense, Rome tickles their fancy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many Roman feats that still resonate, I think\u2063 because there are so many we can still see and interact with \u2014 aqueducts, roads, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rancher-furious-bidens-new-monument-shares-itll-hurt-ranch-shoving-throats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">monuments<\/a>, temples, theaters and stadiums, works of art, literature,\u201d Briggs said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t some\u2063 lost \u200bcity or vanished\u2064 people,\u201d\u2062 she added. \u201cThe remnants of this culture are everywhere waiting to be devoured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Men love that. They also love the sort\u2064 of combat that\u2063 allows them to prove themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I\u2019m big into martial arts,\u201d Adam Woolard told his TikToking fiancee and \u200dformer \u201cBachelorette\u201d Hannah Brown. \u2063\u201cEvery time I fight\u2062 people,\u200d I think about walking into the Coliseum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMen, I think, to our core, we\u2019re warriors,\u201d Woolard added. \u201cWe have to be ready for battle at\u2062 all times\u2062 and the Roman Empire\u200c is\u2062 all about battle. It\u2019s common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It does indeed make perfect sense.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>The Roman Empire Attracts Men Who\u200c Feel Demoralized in Modern Society<\/h3>\n<p>Second, the Roman Empire attracts men who feel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/peterson-breaks-hollywood-piles-demoralized-young-men-new-movie-sure-not\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demoralized<\/a> \u2063 in modern society.<\/p>\n<p>Ronald Levant, professor\u2064 emeritus of \u200bpsychology \u200dat the University of Akron, gave this reason special\u200c emphasis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat it reveals is there\u2019s an intense\u200c interest in the question, \u2018What is a man, and what should a\u200c man be?\u2019 I think this \u200dis really\u200c probably the central \u2064thing that this is getting at,\u201d Levant told \u200dUSA Today. \u201cWhat it does \u200breflect is that what it means to be a man\u2063 today looms as \u2064a very \u2063large question for a lot of men, particularly young men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If men feel \u200dconfused about such questions, no doubt the attitudes \u2062of some hostile \u2063women contribute to the confusion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGirls, we\u2019re always talking \u2064about like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlson-promise-made-abortion-advocates-old-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reproductive rights<\/a> and political activism and \u2018how\u2019s your family?\u2019 And guys just want to, like, Google the population of \u200dMinneapolis,\u201d comedian Mary Beth Barone said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what happens when you have all your rights. When you have all your rights, you wake up and \u2064you\u2019re just like \u2064\u2018Oh, what do I do today?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A more\u200c truthful perspective came from one TikTok user, who offered \u2062the female equivalent of men \u2063dwelling on ancient Rome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe\u200b it\u2019s fear about our own murder, maybe it\u2019s about how other\u2063 people were murdered \u2026 but 100 percent, the answer \u200dis murder,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Many women\u200d do seem to have \u200dan intense curiosity about forensic\u2063 analysis and murder-related \u2062details.\u200b Men might enjoy murder mysteries as mysteries, but\u200b on \u200cthe whole, we take no special interest \u2062in the murder element.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, such comments merely \u2062highlight the\u200b natural psychological <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scientist-neil-degrasse-tyson-says-weird-differentiate-males-females-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">differences<\/a> between the\u200c two sexes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>The Empire\u200d Fell: Dwell on Mortality and Human \u200dSystems<\/h3>\n<p>Here again, Briggs offered a compelling insight. The American Founders, she told Fox News, \u2062were \u201cobsessed\u201d\u200d with\u200d Rome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey \u2063adopted Roman aliases when writing their 18th-century pamphlets and op-eds,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore,\u200c they \u201cobsessively worried about being a\u2063 parallel\u200c to the licentious Roman Empire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Briggs\u2062 nailed it.<\/p>\n<p>Modern Americans can scarcely\u2063 imagine the \u200cseriousness with which men like\u2062 Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/providence-jefferson-adams-died-50th-anniversary-declaration-independence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas \u200dJefferson<\/a> and\u2062 James Madison contemplated societal decay.<\/p>\n<p>By the time they created the United States, they already had begun thinking\u2063 about how their creation might decline.<\/p>\n<p>When they thought about such things, their\u200b thoughts naturally \u200bturned to Rome.<\/p>\n<p>In short, Rome\u2019s decline began when it \u2062ceased being a republic and succumbed to imperial temptation.<\/p>\n<p>The Founders\u200c believed\u2064 that as \u2064the \u2064Roman \u2062Empire grew in\u200c power and more wealth flowed into the city\u200c from subjugated \u2063regions, Romans became addicted \u200bto luxury.<\/p>\n<p>In the parlance \u200dof the 18th century, empire made Romans \u201ceffeminate.\u201d\u200c Ironically, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/military-base-gives-new-reason-refusing-show-sound-freedom-soldiers-canceled-planned-screenings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">military<\/a> conquests eroded Romans\u2019 manly virtues.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the aforementioned Founders insisted on a small military establishment, preferably \u200da militia-based system.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, to \u2064avoid dangerous concentrations of wealth and power,\u2064 they built the U.S. national capital\u2064 far\u200c from urban centers. \u200cSwampy Washington, D.C., remained an\u200c undesirable\u2063 destination for more than a \u200dcentury.<\/p>\n<p>Large \u2063cities bred every vice. To stave off inevitable social decay, therefore, \u200dthey \u2063envisioned a \u2064republic of \u2063small farmers. Every citizen should own land. When they moved westward, they should do so for that reason.<\/p>\n<p>The Founders learned\u200b all these lessons from the \u200bRoman Empire.<\/p>\n<p>Small\u200c wonder \u2063American men still think about it.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/yes-men-think-roman-empire-time\/\">Yes,\u2063 Men Think About the Roman \u2064Empire\u200c All the Time: Here&#8217;s Why<\/a> \u200c appeared \u200bfirst \u2063on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What \u200dpsychological reasons can explain men&#8217;s fascination with the Roman Empire?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  El=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>Fox News<\/a>. She explained that\u200b men are often\u2064 drawn\u2062 to stories of power,\u2064 leadership, and \u2064conquest, \u200bwhich are all\u200c central aspects of the Roman Empire. The empire represents a time when men were seen as \u2064powerful warriors and leaders, which can be appealing to many men today.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>It Provides an Escape from Modern Society<\/h3>\n<p>Second, the fascination with\u200c the Roman Empire could be seen as a way for \u2062men to escape from the pressures and complexities of modern society. The empire represents a simpler time, \u200cwithout advanced technology and the constant hustle \u2064and \u2064bustle of today&#8217;s world. Men may find solace in immersing themselves in the history and \u200dstories of\u2063 an ancient civilization, allowing them to temporarily disconnect from the demands of their\u200d everyday\u200b lives.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>It Sparks an Interest in History and\u200d Culture<\/h3>\n<p>Finally, the Roman Empire sparks an\u2062 interest in history and culture. Many men enjoy learning about different civilizations and how they shaped the world we live in \u200ctoday. The Roman \u2063Empire played a significant role in shaping Western civilization and its legacy can still be seen in various \u2064aspects of modern society. Exploring the empire&#8217;s architecture, political system, and cultural achievements can be intellectually stimulating and provide a deeper understanding of our collective history.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Overall, the fascination with the Roman\u2063 Empire among men can be attributed to its associations with masculinity, its ability to provide an escape from modern society, and its historical\u200d and cultural significance. Understanding why men think about the Roman Empire is not\u2064 only interesting but also sheds light on \u200dthe different ways in which individuals find meaning\u200b and fulfill their psychological needs.<\/p>\n<p>So, the \u200cnext time \u2064you come across a \u2063TikTok video about the Roman Empire, remember \u2064that there are genuine psychological reasons behind men&#8217;s fascination with\u200d this ancient civilization.<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/2023\/09\/20\/roman-empire-tiktok-trend-why-do-men-think-about-these-things\/70903823007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/why-men-obsessed-roman-empire-history-expert-says-american-thing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox\u2063 News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/appeals-court-affirms-biden-likely-violated-first-amendment-suppressing-information-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western Journal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-pro-lgbt-legislation-seeks-overturn-sex-marriage-ban-3-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western Journal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media occasionally reveals psychological insights. A TikTok trend surprised women, revealing that men often contemplate the Roman Empire. 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