Which era in history would you like.....?

Question

...if it repeated itself?

Answer 1

I think I would first have to try each one out to decide which one I would like to repeat.

Answer 2

That's a tough one... There isn't an era without terrible parts. Sure medieval and ancient are cool, but to get there, we'd have to go through a cleaning of the slate. Age of discovery was terrible for a lot of people, no such thing as social justice yet, and think of all the deaths and cruelties done to the nations "Discovered" by Europeans. Victorian era could be great if you were upper class, but so few would be that lucky... 1800-1900... well, we have civil war and slavery, and a lot of termoil. 1900-1950, WW1 and WW2... 1950's were great, but it's mostly because of the innocence of America as it became a superpower. 1960 and 1970, Vietnam outweighs hippies, and the civil rights movment, as good as they were. 1980... just no, please god no. 1990's was just the 80's again + some anger at your parents... I got nothing. As much as I love history (so much so that I am studying to be a history major) there really is no time like the present... and the present isn't great, so let's all hope for a better tomorrow.

Answer 3

I also thought of the The Reigns of the Antonines as the great Edward Gibbon's had noted "at no time has man ever been as happy and contented as he was under the rule of the Antonines".

But that's kind of boring. A time to truly live would be the 5th Century BCE. The Classical age of Ancient Greece. You would start the first stage of your life with the battle of Marathon and Thermopylae. See democracy, true democracy, perhaps the only one to ever exist, come to life with Pericles at the helm. You could listen to Socrates and Sophicles debate each other in the center of Athens. You could watch as the greatest sculptures of the Ancient world came to life with the rebuilding of the Parthenon in the background. Marvel at the Iliad and Odyssey in the Amphitheatre. And see it all come crashing down again as Sparta and Athens tear each other apart in one hell of a show. You would witness the very birth of "the West"

I'm a Roman Historian, but this by far, is the greatest time ever in the history of mankind.

Answer 4

I Think I would choose the last 50 or so years of the Roman Empire's era of relative peace and calm: roughly, 175-225 A.D.

If you were a member of the ruling elite, I imagine that life could have been very enjoyable and rewarding most of the time.

Either that, or the era of Louis 14th in France; it being a given, that one would be a member of the nobility.

The Marque de Lafayette is said to have remarked once, that prior to the French revolution, "one cannot imagine how pleasant it was": keeping in mind that he was a Marquee, a title just below that of a Duke.''

Wotan

Answer 5

There were many eras in history that I love. As a history major it is extremely difficult for me to pick just one. I think I would like to experience them all. Each era has a something to offer, a pivital point that lead to the next. I would love to see it all. No need to limit ones self.

Answer 6

Renaissance Florence, esp. if I was an artist like Benevenuto Cellini, with a fine mistress and plenty of talent. The only problem would be collecting for my work, and taking care not to catch anything.

Answer 7

The pre-colonial period of exploration in the Americas. That type of high adventure just doesn't exist anymore, at least not until we discover near-lightspeed propulsion.

Answer 8

definitely the Renaissance. I love to write and draw and paint and love music. I'm a total Bohemian at heart.

Answer 9

2007 years ago when jesus was here so the world can stop killin each other