TikTok trend finds men think a lot of the Roman Empire

The gender-specific meme has amassed billions of views online, as women film their partners, dads, brothers or a male friend to ask them a question. And it's not the rhetorical Et tu Brute? posed by Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

But rather, 'Do you think about the Roman Empire?'

For the majority, the answer seems to be an overwhelming yes, compared to their female counterparts who lean on the negative.

These sort of trend videos have swept the internet for the past decade or so, with classics like the 2015 gold and white vs. black and blue dress battle. And who could forget the iconic 2018 Yanny vs. Laurel debate?

The Roman Empire trend has left the internet divided over a male's reason for his answer.

One camp argues that the trend shows a male's desire to conquer and build their own empire, while others suggest the Romans were just really cool and built some pretty impressive monuments that have stood the test of time.

ACM wanted to see just how obsessed some people were with this ancient civilisation so we posted the question online.

Solomon Swann and Antonie Richards each said they thought about the Roman Empire at least three times a week.

"Mostly about how cool it would have been to be a Roman soldier or a gladiator," Mr Richards said.

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Cormac Lennon said as a former Latin student he thinks about the Roman empire often.

"Maybe a couple of times each month," he said.

But every now and then we found an odd male that was indifferent to the trend.

"As a homosexual male, the only time I have ever thought of historical moments, is wen watching Six, the musical," Luke Lynch said.

"I thought Helen of Troy and the Roman Empire were the same thing. This seems very much like a straight person TikTok trend."

Meanwhile, most of our female respondents had not thought about the Roman Empire in quite a long time.

"My boyfriend said everyday!" said Julia Maher

Kira Kelly said: "No, I never think about the Romans. I have better things to do with my time."

Allison Spires said "it seems like a weird thing to think about."

But, on occasion we did find an outlier.

"Quite a bit, often when I use plumbing or roads or think about etymology," said Agatha Snow.

"Occasionally I think about Sulla and his crazy excessive lifestyle and it makes me try to stay healthy and I think about Plutarch being a gossip. But, I did nerd out on the Greeks and Romans since primary school."