your favourite time period

**King Henry V** · 05-21-2005, 11:41

I think the most civilised time was in the second half of the nineteenth century with next to modern conviniences yet few of the modern problems. Ah, to be a young aristocrat in the 1880s! House in London with servants, Country estate, commission in a noble regiment of cavalry and so forth. One could even be proud of Britain (Empire)! However, I think the most interesting times were in the Middle Ages and the 18th century, so to,live in those times could have been good.

**The Wizard** · 05-21-2005, 13:47

To live in? None of the medieval times, thank you very much. Too grubby.

But I wouldn't have minded living in the time of Khusrau Anushirvan in Sassanid Persia... as a noble. Or ancient Rome... as a patrician.

But what I would have liked was to be born on the same place I have actually been born, Curaçao, but then somewhere around 1905 so I could've enjoyed the roaring twenties in the Caribbean

I also would've loved to have experienced the 1890s and the first decade of the 20th century... wonderful time. At least back then there was honor to be found in the spirit of men everywhere, at least in those of my countrymen the Dutch. I think I would've gone to live in either Cuba, South Africa or Dutch East India.

But furthermore I highly enjoy my current life. Except for the few discrepancies I see nowadays, mentioned above, I like it a lot.

~Wiz

**Shambles** · 05-21-2005, 14:26

Id have liked to live in medieval times and have a hore and a sword,
before crossbows were invented though

**Krusader** · 05-21-2005, 14:58

Wherever and whenever the Great Temple of Aphrodite was.

Otherwise:

961-1025: The three Byzantine general-emperors: Nicephorus II, John Tzimisces & Basil II Bulgaroctonus.

Sengoku Jidai.

1040-1100: Robert Guiscard and his Normans conquer Sicily, southern Italy and wage war on Byzantium.

When Genghis Khan was around

**Adrian II** · 05-21-2005, 15:26

No takers for June, 1973?

Anyone for 29 July, 1981, around 14.00 hrs then? When the whole of Madrid was watching Charles and Diana's wedding (la Boda had been cheered and commented in the Spanish boulevard for months), the streets and crossings of that otherwise insanely busy city were deserted and me and my girlfriend, lying on a blanket in that piece of lush green central park with not even a dog in sight...

Never mind.. it's June 8th, 1815, in Waterloo for me!

**Mikeus Caesar** · 05-21-2005, 16:20

A nice British colony somewhere in India or Kenya, anytime from 1890 - 1900. That would be nice. Sit around, smoke, shoot animals.

**The Wizard** · 05-21-2005, 17:37

Originally Posted by Mikeus Caesar

A nice British colony somewhere in India or Kenya, anytime from 1890 - 1900. That would be nice. Sit around, smoke, shoot animals.

Then you'd better have gotten your arse over to South Africa and taken a nice Dutch landstead in Natal or the northern Cape Province -- provided I hadn't already.

~Wiz

**King Henry V** · 05-21-2005, 17:19

Originally Posted by AdrianII

No takers for June, 1973?

Anyone for 29 July, 1981, around 14.00 hrs then? When the whole of Madrid was watching Charles and Diana's wedding (la Boda had been cheered and commented in the Spanish boulevard for months), the streets and crossings of that otherwise insanely busy city were deserted and me and my girlfriend, lying on a blanket in that piece of lush green central park with not even a dog in sight...

Never mind.. it's June 8th, 1815, in Waterloo for me!

Yes, being an officer in Wellington's staff would have been good.