Which Historical Period Would You Have Most Liked To Live In?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3245896/Miss-Italy-winner-Alice-Sabatini-tells-beauty-pageant-judges-wants-experience-World-War-Two.html

/// When asked which historical period she would most like to live in, Alice Sabatini, from Lazio in Rome, paused for a moment before replying '1942' - one of the bloodiest and darkest years in Italian history under the Mussolini dictatorship. ///

This young woman was asked the question, and she gave her answer, why was it wrong for her to suggest "during WW2"?

[anotheoldgit]

mikey4444

/// Actually, I fancy myself in a toga, recumbent on sofa, being entertained by the witty talk of Cicero ! ///

What something like this mikey?

http://gb.fotolibra.com/images/previews/32490-cartoon-roman-soldier-eating-grapes.jpeg

[mikey4444]

No AOG...I haven't got the knees for that get-up.

[anotheoldgit]

mikey4444

What about this any better?

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRgQPibbWevg5HdoGR2w8V2LyxOu29Ce8wgvYpZk0kC1VuR3JZw

[Baldric]

http://cdn.toonvectors.com/images/35/10403/toonvectors-10403-940.jpg

[Bazile]

mikey -- when would we hear you say -

'Infamy , Infamy , thev'e all got it in for me ''

[mikey4444]

AOG...now, that more like it !

Bazile :::::

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6BJJe9JV_A

[Bazile]

At Baldric's cartoon

Am i correct in saying that the thumb pointing downwards , was for the person to be spared .
As opposed to the way it's interpreted nowadays ?

[Svejk]

http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsH/tve7656-19971001-3108.jpg

[andy-hughes]

Bazile - //Am i correct in saying that the thumb pointing downwards , was for the person to be spared .
As opposed to the way it's interpreted nowadays ? //

I believe so.

Common folklore has confused the 'thumbs up' sign which to modern eyes is a positive indication, with the Roman thumbs up from the Emperor, which indicated that the vanquished gladiator was to receive a fatal up-thrust from the sword of the victor.

[jourdain2]

I'm sure it is, divebuddy, I'll make a point of remembering it if I am ever in that position!

I was just going to say that, assuming I was rich, the Regency period would be absolutely fascinating to visit for a few weeks. (And the dresses were so comfortable and easy to wear!)

[jim360]

Transgenderism isn't sexuality, AOG, although it's a common enough mistake to confuse the two.

[viv41]

I would like to go back to Jane Austen's time and hopefully be woo'd by a Mr Darcy lookalike .......