In what historical period would you like to be born?

Honestly, when you really start thinking about quality of life beyond the romanticised nostalgia of bygone historical periods, why would anyone go back?

Like, I find the whole 1700s Caribbean thing, "Golden Age of Piracy" and stuff, all really fascinating, and I'd probably have picked that to answer the topic question. But if I were literally born in 1680 in time to be relevant to Post-Spanish Succession piracy, I'd have to deal with things like:
> Their barbaric quality of medical care and general hygiene
> Complete lack of instant international communication
> Being killed by pirates
> Being killed by European military as a pirate
> Living under questionable or non-existent law enforcement
> Living under superstitious or religious regimes
> Finding a job to pay for everything that doesn't involve getting killed by pirates or European military

The list goes on. And such problems apply to literally every time period prior to WWII. Any time after WWII is fair game to be honest.

I think the only real answer to the question is "Being born in modern society, I was born in the best historical period. All we need to do is wind the clock back to 2006, figure out what the hell went wrong and fix society from there".

This is a good point. But there is always something negative found in history and even today. The thing I picked for my response in this discussion is to go back in time and be Cleopatra. I think being a ruler of some kind is better in the past because you have that power to change the bad things. So would you think the better title would have been which is the best historical time to travel too that has the least amount of negative things in it? XD

When I was in high school I often play medieval themed hack n slash video games, so I thought that riding a horse while carrying the bow and arrow was cool, but now i really want to live during the renaissance era just for the sake to meet Leonardo Da Vinci

I think Ancient Athens during its short but memorable golden age would be perfect for me. China during the Han dynasty and Venice or Florence in Italy during the Renaissance would be amazing too.

I don't think I have any specific time period I'd like to visit. I'm more interested seeing how my ancestors lived as I have relatives from Sweden, Denmark and Macedonia. Also some of the stories I've heard indicates that some of my Danish relatives were Roma. I would like to go back and find out more about my ancestry.

The Han Dynasty was the second imperial dynasty in Chinese history. This dynasty was a long one – it was established during the 3rd century BC and lasted all the way until the 3rd century AD. It was a golden age in Chinese history and its influence can still be felt even today. Members of China’s majority ethnic group even refer to themselves as the Han, and Chinese script is known as ‘Han characters’.

It would be cool if I was born in the 1000s so I could establish a huge empire.