What got you into the period?

[Justinian II]

I'm just curious about the world (other interests: dinosaurs, S.y.war, religion, astronomy, chemistry, etc)

the world is one rich place; vbest to explore as much of it before I kick the bucket.

That's pretty much my identical view; I admit, I was captivated by the cheesy shows about the roman army on the History Channel.

Hey, I was 14. I didn't know any better back then:-P

[DeathEmperor]

Well when I was growing up I was always into anything related to Greek mythology (Herakles was my favorite hero though I called him Hercules like most people back then ), but it wasn't until I read a chapter about Alexander the Great in my middle school history book that I went over from Greek mythology to Greek history.

I was just drawn into learning more about Alexander when I saw the similarities between myself and him (tense, to the say the least, relationship between his parents, close relationship with his mother etc.), and it was the desire to learn more about him that eventually led me to learn more about Greek history and that of the Ancient World.

So in short: Megas Alexandros

[Conradus]

I have always been fascinated by ancient mythology: Greek or Egyptian. Naturally a passion for ancient history -and history in general followed-, first Age of Empires might have something to do with it. Devoured most of the books I had on the subject. RTW brought me back to ancient history and EB pulled me in even further. Though I'm a heretic now, haven't played EB in months.