Books

I assume this is aimed at me XD

Is that how you get meme material for !roughromanmemes@lemmy.world?

No, mostly I just steal memes from elsewhere. I'm generally too lazy to make memes myself.

How often do you think of the Roman Empire?

Every day, unironically. Not every hour, but definitely multiple times every day. It's my fascination.

If I'm not thinking about Rome, I'm thinking about Roman-derived concepts. I fancy myself a writer, so I spend a lot of time in my own headspace - but that just means it's time for FANTASY Rome!

When I'm well enough to take walks, I think about general historical issues and how they connect through the ages... and since my core of knowledge centers around Rome, Rome almost always features at some point during the train of thought. I might consider WW1 packaged rations, Civil War hardtack, and starvation in the Revolutionary War, but I'll also think about the prominence of meat and bread in the diet of Roman legionaries. When I think about the application of advanced concepts with primitive techniques, post-apocalyptic style, my thoughts often flit to Roman methods of engineering and organization.

Sometimes, it's just something simple, a flash of daydream qualia, like connecting the sound of my footsteps to the stamping march of a Roman Legion, or the gentle click of my cane to the walking stick of a Roman traveler along the via munita, or the smell of my pancakes to a streetside thermopolium serving honey flatcakes on a holiday.