Germanicus Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 anything from the late republic, from Marius to Augustus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germanicus Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 but once Augustus had secured power - I lost interest in the personalities of Roman leaders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germanicus Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 until there is an assassination......or an Auction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Welcome to UNRV and thanks for participating Germanicus. In the future though, we'd prefer thoughts so closely related and without replies in between, be posted all together in a single post. Â No worries though, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 While I certainly appreciate the politics of the Republic, I am interested in Rome as a cultural phenomenon, not just an historic one. The Empire is when "Roman" became a cultural designation for a wide variety of people, not just a geographical designation for a city on the Tiber. As far as the root identity of those of us descended from Western Europe, I think this is the era we can consider as our nativity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germanicus Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Welcome to UNRV and thanks for participating Germanicus   Thanks primuspilus, and noted on your second point. Pleased to find such an outlet for ones interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longbow Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 All things Military from the Marius reforms to the Death of Marcus Aurelius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman wargamer Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 my best beat... the 2nd punic war up to Octavian ascension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germanicus Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 RW, do you leave Marius' defeat of the Cimbri and Tuetones out of that favourite period then ? I guess you'd have to...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmatix Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Personally - the period from Julius Caesar right up until tea time yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Caesar Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 The Julio-Claudian era is probably the most fascinating with historical giants like Caesar, Augustus, Antony,Cleopatra, Caligula, and Nero. Its also interesting too see how so many of Augustus' preferred heirs died young, and how as a result the chain of events that led to the end of the dynasty with Nero occured. Its ghastly the way in which the imperial family devoured each other after Augustus' death (or before according to some). Â And of course this era includes the life and times of Jesus Christ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 I actually like the early Republic period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmatix Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 In my fine new clothes I mock your scruffy toga! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacertus Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 I like the period from the respublic was established until Augustus. There are interest in politics, military art, religion, architecture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboy Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 My favourite time is actually the Late Eastern Empire/ Byzantine period, not really Rome but still. I just think it's an amazing, unique civilisation - a freak of history really. Greek christians dragging the beleagured rump of the Roman Empire through the medieval world. And they kept this turkey flying for damn near a thousand years! I love how they stubbornly maintain their preposterous claims of spiritual and temporal hedgemony over the world even when obviously outmatched by other powers, and the politics are just, well.......byzantine. I like the early republic too but basically, its all good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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