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Roman Empire
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English
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.My Roman Empire https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/my-roman-empireHow Often Do You Think About the Roman Empire? https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/how-often-do-you-think-about-the-roman-empire
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹəʊmən ˈɛmpaɪə/ UK
en /ˈɹoʊmən ˈɛmpaɪɚ/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Roman Empire.wav US
Proper noun
Roman Empire 1
en Q2277en historical en An <<ancient empire>> based out of Rome, which succeeded the Roman Republic and existed between 27 and 476 in the west (and until 1453 in the east; see Byzantine Empire), encompassing vast territories in <<cont/Europe,Asia,Africa>>, stretching from Britain and Germany to Spain, North Africa and the Persian Gulf an <<ancient empire>> based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in <<cont/Europe,Asia,Africa>> Ancient Rome. from 15th c.
en Rome<qq:metonymically>
en Roman Kingdom Roman Republic Western Roman Empire Byzantine Empire (Byzantium, Eastern Roman Empire)
en historical now rare The Holy Roman Empire. from 16th c.
Derived terms
en Medieval Roman Empire Revived Roman Empire
Translations
ancient Latin empire
Afrikaans: af Romeinse Ryk, af Romeinse Keiserryk
Albanian: sq Perandoria Romake f definite
Arabic: ar اَلْإِمْبِرَاطُورِيَّةُ الرُّومَانِيَّة f definite
Armenian: hy Հռոմեական Կայսրություն
Azerbaijani: az Roma İmperiyası
Basque: eu Erromatar Inperioa
Belarusian: be Ры́мская імпе́рыя f, be Ры́мская iмпэ́рыя f
Bengali: bn রোমান সাম্রাজ্য
Bulgarian: bg Ри́мска импе́рия f
Burmese: my ရောမအင်ပါယာ
Catalan: ca Imperi romà
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 羅馬帝國
Mandarin: cmn 羅馬帝國 Luómǎ dìguó
Czech: cs Římská říše f
Danish: da Romerriget n definite
Dutch: nl Romeinse Rijk n
Esperanto: eo Romia Imperio
Estonian: et Rooma riik, et Rooma impeerium
Faroese: fo Rómverjaríkið n
Finnish: fi Rooman valtakunta, fi Rooman imperiumi
French: fr Empire romain m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Romeinske Ryk n
Galician: gl Imperio Romano m
Georgian: ka რომის იმპერია
German: de Römisches Reich n, de Römerreich n
Greek: el Βασιλεία Ρωμαίων f, el Ρωμαϊκή Αυτοκρατορία f
Ancient Greek: grc Ῥωμανία f, grc Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων f
Hebrew: he האימפריה הרומית f ha-impérya ha-rómit definite
Hindi: hi रोमन साम्राज्य m
Hungarian: hu Római Birodalom, hu Római Császárság
Icelandic: is Rómaveldi n, is Rómverska heimsveldið n definite
Indonesian: id Kekaisaran Romawi
Irish: ga Impireacht na Róimhe f
Italian: it Impero romano m
Japanese: ja ローマ帝国 ローマていこく, Rōma teikoku
Kazakh: kk Рим империясы
Khmer: km ចក្រភពរ៉ូម
Korean: ko ^로마 제국
Lao: lo ຈັກກະພົບໂຣມັນ
Latin: la Imperium Rōmānum n
Latvian: lv Romas impērija f
Lithuanian: lt Romos imperija f
Low German:
German Low German: nds-de Röömsch Riek n
Luxembourgish: lb Réimescht Räich n
Macedonian: mk Римско царство n, mk Римска империја f
Malay: ms Empayar Rom
Marathi: mr रोमन साम्राज्य n
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Ромын эзэнт гүрэн
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Romerriket n definite
Nynorsk: nn Romarriket n definite
Old English: ang Rōmāna rīċe n
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira اِمْپِراتوریِ روم, fa-ira اِمْپِراطوریِ روم
Polish: pl Cesarstwo Rzymskie n, pl Imperium Rzymskie n
Portuguese: pt Império Romano m
Romanian: ro Imperiul Roman n definite
Russian: ru Ри́мская импе́рия f
Sanskrit: sa रोमकविषय m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Римско царство n
Latin: sh Rimsko carstvo n
Slovak: sk Rímske cisárstvo n
Slovene: sl Rimski imperij m
Spanish: es Imperio romano m
Swedish: sv Romerska riket n definite, sv Romarriket n definite
Tagalog: tl Imperyong Romano
Tamil: ta உரோமானிய பேரரசு, ta உரோமப்பேரரசு
Thai: th จักรวรรดิโรมัน jàk-grà-wàt roo-man
Turkish: tr Roma İmparatorluğu
Turkmen: tk Rim imperiýasy
Ukrainian: uk Ри́мська імпе́рія f
Urdu: ur رومی سَلْطَنَت f
Vietnamese: vi Đế quốc La Mã (vi 帝國羅馬)
Welsh: cy Yr Ymerodraeth Rufeinig
Yiddish: yi רוימישע אימפּעריע
Noun
Roman Empire
en think en Internet slang An unexpected or apparently random topic that one frequently thinks about.
en 18 September 2023 fleabagreact 1703858499006931368 https://archive.ph/vW9cT 22 January 2024 the dinner party episode from fleabag is my roman empire
en 4 October 2023 Soggy_Biscuit_ popculturechat 16z9hv8 k3ebxwr Whats your version of the Roman empire? https://archive.ph/J5q1w 22 January 2024 Yeah we had a big convo about this at work. I work in a pharmacy which is like 90% women (it's the best) and we collectively decided our "Roman empire" is either Genghis Khan or blood clots, and the teenage version was toxic shock syndrome lol
en 15 October 2023 lexkwondo 1713616368468455438 https://archive.ph/34fvq 22 January 2024 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
en 2023-10-26 Neia Balao Alexandra Gulla ‘The desire to be smaller’: These women reveal that their ‘Roman Empire’ is tied to body image, and others agree Yahoo! https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/desire-smaller-women-reveal-roman-194240339.html “My Roman Empire is the fact that I have thought about the desire to be smaller every single day for the past 20 years,” she says in a video posted on Oct. 18.
en 3 December 2023 8Jennyx AskReddit 189glks kbrd7qw What's a fact you wish you didn't know? https://archive.ph/RZwe5 22 January 2024 Prions are my Roman Empire. I swear I think of prions absurdly more than anyone should. The fact that they exist and can do that amount of damage is haunting.
en 5 December 2023 GenevaWren38 1732189658384154654 https://archive.ph/OHhWh 22 January 2024 I have a rotating set of Roman empires, currently it seems to be Foolish & Philza as a duo cause the amount of feral energy that floods me every time I see something regarding them....I adore them
en 2023-12-08 Laura Henshaw Living Well with Laura Henshaw: body image used to be my Roman Empire w:Vogue https://www.vogue.com.au/beauty/wellbeing/living-well-with-laura-henshaw-body-image-used-to-be-my-roman-empire/news-story/fa0874c30eeca8dc54ce964a735a2427 The size of my body used to be my Roman Empire, and I know I’m not alone. Body image is consuming. For so many of us, it’s our Roman Empire.
en 17 December 2023 HiLittleDarling popculturechat 18kov8l kdsw56g Let's Discuss, Hollywood Siblings https://archive.ph/P2F1k 22 January 2024 Wondering why they are feuding can be an occasional Roman Empire for me.
en 2024-10-1 Marybel Martin Halloween is my Roman Empire Marybel Martin https://www.marybelmartin.com/blog/halloween-is-my-roman-empire So, that is why I say Halloween is my Roman Empire. It’s exciting, it’s fun, and it makes my inner child happy. I feel like almost all my art has a whisper of Halloween somehow, don’t you think? https://web.archive.org/web/20241226044656/https://www.marybelmartin.com/blog/halloween-is-my-roman-empire 26 December 2024
en 2026-06-20 The last Romans are still around Signore Galilei blog https://web.archive.org/web/20260625212723/https://signoregalilei.com/2026/06/20/the-last-romans-are-still-around/ For some of us, our Roman Empire actually is the Roman Empire.
See also
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