Most Interesting Period in History
 

What are your favourite periods in history to learn about?

Here are a few of mine:

Caesar - Civil War - Julio-Claudian Dynasty (Mid-1st century BC- Mid-1st century AD). It might have the greatest mix of great benefactors (Caesar, Augustus) and psychos (Caligula, Nero) in such a short period, ever. I also found the early deterioration of the Senate to be interesting as well.

Constantine - Theodosius I (4th century AD). The influence that this century had on the shaping of the Middle Ages is pretty staggering. Reducing the Senate to nothing, adopting Christianity as the state religion, and the influx of Barbarians, which would ultimately lead to the fall of the Roman Empire.

Classical Period (Late-5th century BC - Early-4th Century BC)
Definitely the most interesting period in terms of military history: Persian Wars, Peloponnesian War, Philip II, and of course, Alexander the Great. Plenty of political and social strife as well between and among the poleis and leagues. And on top of this the fall of "Greece" from power and the foundations Alexander set for the Hellenistic world.

my own :)

:laughing: 2nd place?

Probably Tudor England, but I'm interested in all kinds of history. History of cults is a particular favorite, although it doesn't count as a period.

But Tudor England reads like a scandalous tabloid almost, and I love it

i would probably love to live in 30s Chicago during the prohibition and been a liquor smuggler

also pre-WW2 Shanghai, China - it was really happening then

19th Century Ireland and America.

Don't you mean 20s Chicago? Prohibition was mostly during the 20s.

For me, ancient Sumer has always been fascinating. I mean it's just so damn old and I find it absolutely mind bending to contemplate a time where basically the only cities in the world were in this one area.

mid 20s to early 30s, I meant

I love the time period involving ancient Greece. The philosophy and science at that time was just unbelievable.

I'm actually taking a course in Ancient Greek Science right now. Really interesting stuff, although it's pretty funny how off-base they were on most things.