If you can go back in time and spend 5 days in an ancient city(not counting China), at it's height, would you like to visit?
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If you can go back in time and spend 5 days in an ancient city(not counting China), at it's height, would you like to visit?
I would for sure have to go with Rome, I mean cmon that is a no brainer. After that it would probley be Babylon or Carthage. So many interesting places that one could have visited as well, like other large ancient cities that western historians and explorers never discovered. Kinda like Atlantis or the Amazons.
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Alexandria, the cultural capital of the ancient world. :w00t
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Well we all have a good picture of what Rome looked like. I want to be able to see Carthage. A city we know so little about. So much to discover.
Carthage. It must have been absolutely magnificent, as it was the trade center of the Western Mediterranean.
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All of them. Probably except Sparta *tongue* . I don't think there'll be many votes for that one.
EDIT: Not to ruin this thread, my top pick would be Babylon. You can visit all the other cities today, but Babylon doesn't exist anymore.
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Rome at it's height under Emperor Trajan the majesty, the wealth, the culture all that and more
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Why not China? Most of all I would like to visit Athens during it's Golden Age. A close second would be Carthage between the first and second Punic War.
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Babylon, hands down.
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Because I don't know squat about China. *tongue*Originally posted by wilpuri@Mar 3 2005, 03:18 PM
Why not China? Most of all I would like to visit Athens during it's Golden Age. A close second would be Carthage between the first and second Punic War.
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actually my buddies and i are saving up to go to rome then a cruise to greece i dunni about u guys but sparta is nothing really special they have no monoliths or huge walls or anything it's basically a location..lol love the spartans though.
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Is Rome really expensive or something, I mean, if your from your Italy can't you just drive to it one day. Maybe S.P.Q.R. can help me with this one.
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The Sparta of today was made after the Greek war of independance. It has nothing to do with ancient Sparta. I guess people just thought we got Athens and Corinth. Why not Sparta. It was build by King Otto of Greece. Im going to Greece next summer.
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Sparta or Athens dont realy no
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The Rome of today is nothing but a shadow of its former glory. All the great things that made it so grand have been either raped or destroyed or fell to waste. The forum is nothing but waste now.Originally posted by In Vino Veritas@Mar 3 2005, 03:32 PM
Is Rome really expensive or something, I mean, if your from your Italy can't you just drive to it one day. Maybe S.P.Q.R. can help me with this one.
Heres what it looked like:
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Heres what it is now:
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To be able to go back in time and to witness a gladiatorial event in the Colloseum, daily life of the citizens, watch a parade or a general who has just come back froma successful campaign get to go through the triumphant archs. Stuff like that. Anyone can see some crappy ruins
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i want to go to lesbos :w00t
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yea that tooOriginally posted by In Vino Veritas@Mar 3 2005, 03:14 PM
Majesty, wealth, culture, screw that man its all about the drunken Roman orgies.
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