They performed before thousands and could become celebrities, yet actors in ancient Rome were stripped of their civic rights.

Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends. TikTok users are asking their boyfriends, fathers or any other man how often they think about the Roman Empire—and surprisingly, some ...

A viral trend on the video sharing app involves women asking the men in their lives how often they think about ancient Rome. In the videos, women are shocked to discover that men seem to think about ...

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It seems men can't stop thinking about the Roman Empire—or at least that's what the latest social media craze suggests. Over 1 billion people have viewed a TikTok video with the hashtag #RomanEmpire, ...

Women are asking the men in their lives how often they think about ancient Rome. Their responses, posted online, can be startling in their frequency. By Callie Holtermann and Frank Rojas The Roman ...

There are very few people who know more about the history of ancient Rome than Mike Duncan. The creator and host of the tremendously popular History of Rome podcast, which first aired between 2007 and ...

What do Nicki Minaj and Marcus Aurelius have in common? Both have strong ties to the Roman Empire and both are currently trending in pop culture. Minaj, who has an alter ego named Roman and a song ...

According to one of those ur-TikToks posted by @paige.elysee earlier this week, you will be “shocked with their responses.” But if my friend group—and the WIRED Culture Slack—are any indication, the ...