Seriously, though. How often do you think of the Roman Empire?

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I know this is a joke/meme, but I sincerely think of the Roman Empire a surprising amount of times. I find myself obsessing over how Roman citizens were living just as complex lives as we are today, or about Marcus Aurelius' life and philosophy, or about how the Republic fell and became a totalitarian state.

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Well in 5th grade I read Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief and later on every book after that. And there's still a part of me that thinks I might be a demigod. So Monday, Wednesday, Friday, it's the Greeks and Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday it's the Romans. Sunday is a toss up.

Sunday is for the Norse

Sorry, that's already my designated day for thinking about Ancient Egypt.

You disgust me, for shame.

I bet you don't even have a day for the Huns of the Qin Dynasty.

You'd think one of the four days named after Germanic gods (in English, at least) would be for the Norse

You're right, I should swap Sunday and Wednesday.