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This is concise and to the point: just like Wikipedia articles should be.

But I'm a little confused about some of the details here.

I would suggest a brief explanation (a sentence or two) describing why there were six Tribunes of the Plebs. Rome didn't always have that and if you included that info, we might have some insight as to why Didius was elected to this office in the first place. Did he have family/political connections? Also, how did he make the jump between politician to general? Was it because he restored the Villa Publica?

And one other minor/technical thing: you've listed "Broughton, Robert. The Magistrates of the Roman Republic" under two separate citations (2 and 8).

Seems like you're a pro at this Wiki-format though - one of the cleaner entries I've seen here.

Ryan Reeh 17:32, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Generally, good, concise article that seems to list the important events of his career. Very jumpy though. I know that this is supposed to be an encyclopedia-like article but it seems to just be a random throwing out of facts without much flow.

Plus, seems to presuppose a lot of outside knowledge. (I'm not exactly sure how valid my point is) I don't know whether you're supposed to explain many of the outside terms that you write in or whether the links to other Wikipedia articles is sufficient. The general feeling while I was reading it though was that I would have to look stuff up at nearly every sentence (if I had no prior knowledge of Roman history).

Timothy Lee 21:15, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Very concise article, i liked the first sentence and how it mentions what he is generally known for.

However I think you should include more information about some of the concepts in your article. It is a very good summary of Didius's life, and each sentence seems to cover a different aspect of his life, but as said above this makes it kind of jumpy and hard to follow. I think that each sentence could be expanded somewhat by adding more information about the main concept of sentence, i think this would also add some flow to the article.

More specifically, for the section describing the slaying of 20000 Arevaci and the siege, which battles did these occur in and what were some of their details? Same for his death, are there any details about the battle or how he died in battle? Also in the last sentence it is unclear which consul he served under when he captured Herculaneum.

Im new to making Wiki articles but is it better to break up the article under bold subject lines?

Other than that i really like the extensive use of footnotes and the referencing, makes it easy to find where your info is coming from. Also good job on the internal links. Erikofferman 03:54, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your editors are correct; while your information is very well researched, it is hard to follow and somewhat confusing in structure.

"Villa Publica and Magna Mater"

The article could be expanded by using this article:

M. Gwyn Morgan, "Villa Publica and Magna Mater, Two Notes on Manubial Building at the Close of the Second Century B. C.", Klio, Volume 55, Issue 55, pp. 215–246.

T8612 (talk) 21:57, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]