Ursus Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 Just curious .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AEGYPTUS Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 Late Republic all the way!! It was an interesting part of Roman history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Goblinus Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 A toss-up between the Dominate and the Byzantine period, but in the end, I think that the Byzantine period is more fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil25 Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 I went for the principiate - but actually the late republic is almost inseparable from it. One cannot underastand the former without the latter. An interesting poll. I may shed quite a bit of light on this site and its users. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Clodius Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 I like 2nd Punic through to fall of Jerusalem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neos Dionysos Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 Same with me Goblinus, toss b/w Late Roman Empire, (Dominate), and the Byzantine Era... I'll go with Dominate though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tflex Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 (edited) I'm going with the late republic, which produced great men like Caesar ofcourse, and complete fools like Brutus and Cassius. A very dramatic and rebellious period that broke tradition. Edited April 30, 2006 by tflex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 (edited) It was between the Dominate and the Byzantine era, but I chose the Dominate. I find it more interesting when the Empire isn't at its peak and is surrounded by problems on all fronts. The sheer determination of some of the figures, the desperate situations and the way the tide keeps turning make this period the most interesting for me. I find the style of government interesting, where the government is military in appearance and where the Emperor has absolute power and wears the diadem and silken imperial purple. I also find it interesting to see the accumulation of so many hundreds of years of Roman government and how different it had evolved from what it originally was, yet still being the same entity. Edited July 22, 2010 by Lex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julia C Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 The Augustan era is my favorite period, followed by the late Republic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 I voted early-middle Republic however, to be specific, I'd say the whole span covered by Polybius.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 I'm most partial to the growth years of the middle Republic through the earliest part of the Principate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 My focus of interest is the Byzantine Era; The longevity of this empire, and it's ability to spring back from disaster, to me embodies the great ideal of Rome. Granted, for every great Emperor, there were a whole spiel of nonentities, but that is the same for all nations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 I voted for early-middle republic (hellenistic) era, and the Byzantine Era as a second. Also the late republic and the principate eras are interesting. Even the dominate era I like. The regal era it's definetly misterious. Hmmmm what you mean by "other"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princeps Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 50BC - 200AD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted May 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Hmmmm what you mean by "other"? In every group there is always some far out individual who can't fit into assigned parameters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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