Confused? Yeah, I was too for the longest time after seeing it on TikTok repeatedly.. and none of the comments gave any real insight as to [s]wtf[/s] the trend was about. I more or less got the gist, but I wanted a more in-depth explanation so that I knew my guess wasn't wrong. Put simply, the trend operates on the premise that men think about the Roman Empire more often than women, so often, in fact, that the women in their lives are shocked by the frequency. [u]What is your Roman Empire?[/u] Or, in other words, [i]what is an obscure or niche topic that you think about way too much[/i]? The range of answers to this question is much broader and can be anything from inside jokes with friends to funny pop culture moments.

Me, personally, my Roman Empire is Gelert[sup][url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Gelert.jpg]∞[/url][/sup]. Gelert is a legendary wolfhound associated with the village of Beddgelert [sup](whose name means "Gelert's Grave")[/sup] in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. In the legend, [i]Llywelyn the Great[/i] returns from hunting to find his baby missing, the cradle overturned, and Gelert with a blood-smeared mouth. Believing the dog had devoured the child, Llywelyn draws his sword and kills Gelert. After the dog's dying yelp, Llywelyn hears the cries of the baby, unharmed under the cradle, along with a dead wolf that had attacked the child and been killed by Gelert. Llywelyn is overcome with remorse and buries the dog with great ceremony, but can still hear its dying yelp. After that day, Llywelyn never smiles again. The story is a variation of the "Faithful Hound" folk-tale motif, which lives on as an urban legend.

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