roman empire
/ˈɹoʊmən ˈɛmpaɪɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An ancient empire based out of Rome, which succeeded the Roman Republic and existed between 27 B.C.E. and 476 C.E. in the west (and until 1453 C.E. in the east; see Byzantine Empire), encompassing vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa, stretching from Britain and Germany to Spain, North Africa and the Persian Gulf.
noun
An unexpected or apparently random topic that one frequently thinks about.
Example Sentences
- "the dinner party episode from fleabag is my roman empire"
- "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"
- "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"
- "“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."
- "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."
- "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"
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹoʊmən ˈɛmpaɪɚ/
- British English: /ˈɹəʊmən ˈɛmpaɪə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
the Roman Empire (canonical)
Roman Empires (plural)