Favorite period of history

[ilovestrategy]

Pretty much everyone here loves history. I'm just curious, what is your favorite period and why?

My favorite is the Pax Romana which lasted the first 2 centuries AD. It just never ceases to amaze me how an Empire of that size with no machinery of any kind had 2 centuries of peace and contentment. And the talent of the engineers with the aquaducts, roads and bridges just astound me.

[martok]

Europe and the Middle East during the medieval period. I'm not sure why, exactly, I've just always been fascinated by it.

[SLAAKMAN]

1980 to 1996. I had a harem of playgirls. Now Im all washed up.

[rhondabrwn]

I'd have to say the last 10 years of my life [:D]

Somewhat seriously... I've always been an American Civil War fan with WWII in the Pacific an additional interest.

[jomni]

WW2

[Phatguy]

History...ALL History

[Lützow]

19th century. The age of imperialism and aspiring nations.

[sol_invictus]

I have always been partial to 264 B. C.- 20 A. D. and 1700 - 1905.

[gunny]

Mid 80's. Cold war, Reagan era. I miss the symetrical what-if modern era wargames, and now with modern graphics it would be pretty awsome.

Not to mention it was fun being being a 20 year old rompin around banhof strasse with a belly full of the best beer goin.

[SireChaos]

It´s hard to decide on just one favorite period. They all have something that makes them interesting.

[warspite1]

My interest in history began with WWII when I was a young boy - my dad collected Purnell's History of the Second World War - and it just grew from there. I have no idea why I find it so interesting, but there is something about that whole 1933-45 saga that I find irresistable - and you never stop learning new facts!

While WWII remains my key interest, I also like the Napoleonic period. Aside from those two, I'll read or look at just about anything if the mood takes me, but the Falklands War apart, I have no time for warfare post Hiroshima/Nagasaki. Atomic weapons, smart bombs and stuff just leave me cold...

[Jevhaddah]

All history interests me. I go through phases when I study one time period exclusivly for a year or two at the moment I am readying about the 30 years war in Europe and wargaming ancients [:)]

Cheers

Jev

[terje439]

WWII ever since as a little boy I learned about my grandfather being scheduled to be sailed into a KZ camp by the Germans just prior to the end of the war but escaping such a fate due to the war ending...

Terje

[7th Somersets]

For me it is WW1. My Great Grandfather was a machine gunner on the Somme. I can clearly remember him describing it to me.

[DampSquib]

All history as well.
But at the moment Feudal Japan.

[hgilmer3]

Just when you get full of yourself and think you know everything about history, it jumps up and slaps you with something new and exciting to learn about.

I don't know why, but I've always been interested in the Hundred Years War and The Black Prince.  Never to be crowned King.  Whenever a movie comes on about history and historical figures, I immediately start looking up the people on the internet to read more about them.  I've also been very interested in the period that many people call the Dark Ages.  I used to think as a kid, was it really dark all the time?  The formation of Europe is pretty damn fascinating. 

[sabre1]

Early 1900's, especially Battleships, I just love battleships.

[bairdlander2]

The present is the most interesting time.I cant wait to see what the future holds.

[fvianello]

- Classical period, I'd say from persian wars to fall of the west roman empire
- Cold War and hypotetical WWIII, nothing like t-72's rolling in the north german plains

[Greybriar]

As for periods of conflict, the U.S. Civil War has been of interest to me ever since I learned I had ancestors who fought on both the Union and Confederate sides. World War II is another period of interest to me because my father, his brothers, my mother's brothers, and most of my male relatives who were of the age to serve in the military were involved in that conflict.

I find most periods of history interesting. Most recently I have been reading books and have watched a couple of films about the Vikings. As a boy, I was fascinated with Norse mythology and that seems to tie right in.

What's next? Some period of history in a setting I haven't studied or one I wish to revisit, I suppose.