longshotgene Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Say you were living during the Pax Romana. Where would you have called your home? I would have called Brindisi my home. Beautiful country with an easy going atmosphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 According to my latitude game, I would wind up living just a degree below Rome. Although Pantagathus has given me the additional options of living in Conimbriga (Lusitania), Oleastrum (Hispania), and Erycinum (Sardinia). -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Tivoli - while I wasn't on duty in the Capital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 (edited) In Rome. In my Imperial Palace of course! Edited October 16, 2007 by G-Manicus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Say you were living during the Pax Romana. Where would you have called your home? I would have called Brindisi my home. Beautiful country with an easy going atmosphere. Salve, LS. I would have liked to be part of the first Constantinopolitan generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necromaniac Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Say you were living during the Pax Romana. Where would you have called your home? I would have called Brindisi my home. Beautiful country with an easy going atmosphere. Salve, LS. I would have liked to be part of the first Constantinopolitan generation. Alexandria, to sit in the library for hours on end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavia Gemina Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Alexandria! So much cleaner and better planned than Rome. The broad streets designed to catch the Etesian winds when they blow in the summer. Not one but two great libraries, one a the Museum and the 'annex' at the Serapeum. The Caesarium, the Poseidium and of course the great lighthouse on Pharos island. A large Jewish population that for the most part got on with its Greek, Roman and Egyptian neighbours. No problem with wheat shortage and plenty of Mareoticum, one of the nicest wines in the Empire. On the Nile trade route as well as the Silk Road, so lacking for no goods or food. Only problem is more of them understood Greek than Latin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Clodius Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 I would have barricaded myself in the Temple of Jupiter, and issued orders to my 'friends' to arrange things according to my outlook. Occasionally I would visit the Rostra and have the crowd chant to the rhythm of my toga tugs. Also, I would prosecute any who tried to emulate me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Well as a Centurio I guess I'd be on the move for most of the time Anyway i actually think I would have picked Pompeii if I'm allowed to miss that incident 79 A.D. It could be potentially unhealthy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanItaly Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Aside the most splendid city of all time Rome, I would pick my native city of Catania (Catina in Roman times). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 A house on the Palatine, preferably within spitting distance of the Reggia, and a villa in cool, nearby Tusculum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladius Hispaniensis Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Alexandria, to sit in the library for hours on end I second that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Alexandria, to sit in the library for hours on end I second that. I third that! For the great libraries there, and also for all the reasons Flavia Gemina cited above. -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docoflove1974 Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Well, Alexandria does have it's incredible draws...but I'd probably either be in the lands of my (modern) ancestors: Mediolanum (aka Milan) or Genua (aka Genoa). I probably would also be found in the place in Hispania which has stolen my heart: Lucentum (aka Alicante). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Alexandria is very tempting for the culture ... though Egypt seems insufferably hot. I imagine southern Gaul and northern Italy would also be nice .... highly Romanized, wealthy, and beautiful scenery. Not too far from Rome if you have to make a business trip or sightseeing trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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