It’s spreading. From my New Yorker feed today
I don’t usually find New Yorker cartoons funny, but that’s pretty good.
My answer to the question is basically never. With no outside input I wouldn’t think about it unprompted. However when I scroll through reels my algorithm shows I like history clips. Sometimes they are about the Roman Empire.
My husband also said, “almost never.”
Now the X-Men on the other hand…
“He wanks as high as any in Wome!”
That one is probably true, if the story about Julius Caesar is true.
Allegedly, when he was in his 30s, he passed by a statue of Alexander the Great, and started weeping. When asked why, he said, “Isn’t it tragic that by mage age, Alexander was king of so many peoples, yet I have accomplished no such great deeds?”.
Caeser probably thought about Alexander every 7 seconds!
See also:
Evolution of meme:
Given how well she evidently doesn’t understand him, maybe it is about time for him to be thinking about other women. 
Just kidding ladies.
Well the last time I thought about the Roman empire was when I first spotted this thread which was just about 7 second ago, so maybe they’re right. Or was I thinking about the game (which you and I just lost).
Genghis Khan demands that you give him the secret of gunpowder!
Haven’t played Civilization in many years. But that might prompt thoughts of Romans?
My second Tom Lehrer quote in five minutes. In one of his intros he said “it is humbling to think that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for five years.”
Quote from memory, no time to play the track.
I have two years to conquer the near east and drink myself to death. I can do this.
BBC has actually used this as the basis for a (very interesting!) BBC Travel video.