Ladies, ask the men in your life how often they think about the Roman Empire — the answer might surprise you.

In a new TikTok trend, women describe discovering that their partners and male friends think about the Roman Empire — a period of time that lasted from 27 B.C. to 476 A.D. — more often than anyone could imagine.

Rev. Kelsey Lewis Vincent uncovered the secret fixation many males have with the historical epoch after coming across an Instagram video online.

“I saw an IG Reel that said something along the lines of ‘Women have no idea how often the men in their lives think about the Roman Empire,’” she wrote. “So I asked my husband: ‘How often do you think about the Roman Empire?’ And without missing a beat he said ‘Every day.’ YALL! Why!?”

[I thought this was hilarious when I read it the other day on Twitter. And then I was, like, wait a minute – women don’t do this? Because I routinely have Empire moments…or is that TMI? {8^P ~ Beege]