Francis Ford Coppola Reveals How Often He Thinks About the Roman Empire: “Quite a Lot”

Francis Ford Coppola has decided to reveal how often he thinks about the Roman Empire.

The filmmaker joined the TikTok trend via Instagram on Friday by asking himself the viral question: “How often do you think about the Roman Empire?”

“A lot,” Coppola wrote in response. “As the Roman Republic served as an example for my country America and its institutions, and was the inspiration for my upcoming film (Megalopolis).”

The trend has been making the rounds on social media in recent weeks, with women asking the men in their lives how often they think about the Roman Empire. Most men respond and claim that they think about it daily or several times a week.

The godfather director added: “My fascination with the Roman Republic is based on the struggle between the political parties, in which the interests of the Republic gave way to the ambitions of a few powerful men who embraced the objectives of political parties to further their own fortunes and to establish authority by relying on military forces to achieve those goals, thereby dealing the final blow to a constitution that is already tottering.”