if you had to pick one roman province to live in during the principate period, which would you pick? (you cannot pick italy!)let's say you are magically a wealthy citizen and you speak latin. you spawn in with a large parcel of land and lots of money.you're allowed to travel to any neighboring provinces for vacations but you can't stay permanently. however, you can't travel to italy.I would pick Brittania because there's not much information about what life was like there and i want to know more. also, it was quite safe from barbarians and such at least during the time period of this hypothetical.
Tarraconensis or Baetica obviously >Safe >Warm>RichI'd spend my days growing olives and swimming in the Mediterranean desu
>>18421352You'd be a slave.
>>18421353Nope, my family was nobility in the old days.
>>18421337anatolia, the second most important place in the roman empire after italy
>>18421364more specifically asia or bitynia et pontus for byzantion/konstantinople
>>18421337Achaia. Not on a border plus it gets tons of patronage/money as a tourist attraction.
>>18421337Aegyptus, I'd specifically live in Alexandria
>>18421385Only thing that would scare me about Alexandria would be the chance of getting attacked by overly religious lunatics. City seems to have had a lot of those types. Other than that I agree.
>>18421337Raetia, because I life there.
>>18421337Mesopotamia and Armenia were never Roman
Egypt>richest province>personal possession of the emperor so no greedy, grasping governor can tax it to hell>full of luxuries imported from all over Africa, and Asia>most ancient, sophisticated society in the worldSure, there's some weirdo cults running around, and proximity to Jews to worry about, but Egypt was THE place to be.
>>18421337>also, it was quite safe from barbariansIf by that you mean it was continuously raided by barbarians, then yes. Keep in mind that most of the "Roman Britons" were half civilized at best. They reverted to their barbarian culture pretty quickly whenever the Roman legions marched away so the governor of Britannia could intervene in a civil war or whatever. There's a reason Britain had more legions stationed there than almost any other province. It was not a peaceful place.
>BritanniaConstantly harassed by Picts and other Britonnic tribes. >Belgica>Germania Inferior / Superior>Raetia>Lugdunensis>Noricum>Pannonia I/SConstantly threatened by Germanic tribes.>Dalmatia>Moesia I/S>Dacia>ThraciaConstantly threatened by Germanics and steppe hordes.>Cappadocia>SyriaBorder the Persian Empire, always the first provinces to get ravaged.>JudeaPersians AND Jews. Who the fuck would live here?>ArabiaThe good news is, even the Persians don't want to fuck with desert nomads. The bad news is: you have to live around inbred desert nomads.>Mesopotamia>ArmeniaThese aren't even real Roman provinces. Armenia was only very briefly subjugated, and Mesopotamia was basically just on loan from the Persians until they could be bothered to reclaim it. If living on the Roman frontier with Persia was a bad idea, living in Mesopotamia is like building a house on an active volcano.The rest are all viable options, though the Gallic provinces that are less at risk from Germanic raids are still pretty rural and cultural backwaters. Hispania is far more developed and cultured, Africa might be just as remote but it's at least exotic. Anatolia is decadent and rich, but the eastern part is risky for reasons mentioned. Aegyptus is the best option if you want to live in absolute luxury, but those Egyptian cities could be powder kegs of unrest at times.
>>18421352>>18421548Hispania is the top choice, and it's not even close.
Asia since that's where I'm from
>>18421337Achaea.Alexandria is interesting, but I'd only ever want to visit it. It would be far too overpopulated and smelly to live in. The wider delta would also be too hot and damp for me.I was also considering Sicily, but Achaea has the Olympic Games, Delphi, Athens, Sparta and a lot of the major philosophical schools. First priority would be to learn Greek obviously.
id like to live in sinope
>>18421337Some shithole like Raetia that's still infested by barbarians. I would immediately begin to autistically chronicle every single aspect of their culture and language for future generations then walk around the province with a bodyguard of toy soldiers equipped in the native fashion.
