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Latest comment: 6 years ago4 comments2 people in discussion
Nice article: B class. Note that I added the Year of Six Emperors tag and an infobox for the Gordians because the article needed a suitable infobox. Then I juggled the 3 pictures to fit. Djmaschek (talk) 15:56, 17 January 2018 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Did a cheeky little ce, altered a few bits of prose, wikilinks, bibliography, auto ed and dupe wikilinks. Rv as desired. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 16:02, 12 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 6 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion
A couple of comments on the lead. It ends in the middle of a sentence and Gordian III should be linked.
Done
"in 238. In the same year, Capillianus, governor of Numidia, invaded Africa and succeeded in killing Gordian II during the Battle of Carthage. Gordian I, shortly thereafter, hanged himself out of grief, either 21 or 36 days after being declared emperor." This is confusing. "In the same year" implies a significant time after they became emperors, yet Gordian I died within 36 days and after Gordian II.
Done
I am at a disadvantage in commenting as both the modern histories I have of Rome end before 238. I heard talks about the Gordians a few years ago which emphasised that it was a North African dynasty. This is implied but not brought out in the article. It should be spelled out that Gordian I and II were in North Africa (Carthage?) for the whole of their short reigns. Did Gordian III live in Rome?
Done Yes.
I have Gibbon's Decline and Fall and it says that the Gordians were accepted by the Roman Senate because they came from an old Roman aristocratic family. There should be at least a paragraph on the history of the family.
Done
Both Gibbon and the Wiki article on Gordian III say that he was only 13 when he was declared emperor and died at 19 - the youngest sole emperor ever, and due to his age the empire was ruled by others at least in his early years. These very important points are not covered in the article, which goes straight from his proclamation as emperor to the Sassanian invasion and says that the empire was largely ruled by his wife in his later years. Did he have any real power? Dudley Miles (talk) 11:18, 15 August 2018 (UTC)Reply
Fine. I am tied up with other projects now but ping me again if I do not get back to it in the next few days. I will look at your edits and do some copy editing - if you wish - but you really need someone who knows more than me about Roman history. Dudley Miles (talk) 18:47, 15 August 2018 (UTC)Reply
Done