User talk:Oatley2112

Hey, thanks for the great work on the Byzantines!

Welcome!

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Constantine Diogenes

Hello! I am well, thank you, and I hope you are well too. There are indeed too few Byzantinophiles around here... :) I checked on Constantine Diogenes on the few sources I have available here (most of my Byzantine books I have loaned to my mother, who is teaching Byzantine history this year). I didn't really find anything (Psellos for example doesn't even mention him, unless I missed it), and unfortunately I don't have time for an exhaustive search in the primary sources in Google Books. However it makes sense that he was not crowned, since officially, Romanos IV became emperor through Eudokia, and her sons by Constantine X were co-emperors as well. It would not be tolerated by the Doukas clan, already very distrustful of Diogenes, that their position would be usurped by his elder son by another wife... Constantine ✍ 15:38, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pompey

Hi Oatley - I didn't notice you were mid-edit. Thought I'd let you know I'm done for the night: best check your recent changes aren't lost. Regards. Haploidavey (talk) 23:47, 7 October 2009 (UTC) I[reply]

Sources

Hello! Good edits on the emperors & usurpers articles. However, a word of caution: the main source you use, Triumph & Tragedy: The Rise and Fall of Rome's Immortal Emperors, is written by yourself and published with no apparent editorial oversight, at least not sufficient for it to count as WP:RS (and I am unclear as to the implications for WP:COI here). Best stick to using academic or at least well-established sources (even Finlay, although horribly outdated). Constantine ✍ 12:20, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good, I was afraid you'd take this the wrong way... Best of luck with your endeavours in the world of publishing :) BTW, I've compiled a list of sources, which are either online and/or which I have as ebooks or printed books. Since most of them are Byzantine-related, if you want any, feel free to ask! Constantine ✍ 21:50, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, when you write or expand a Byzantine-related article, please add it to Portal:Byzantine Empire/New articles and the Index of Byzantine Empire-related articles. Keep up the good work! Constantine ✍ 07:15, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! It's not really my field of interest, so apart from Runciman, no, at least not in the sense of a comprehensive work covering the entire period. AFAIK, Runciman is still the standard work in the field. Constantine ✍ 12:01, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Constantine III (western emperor)

My God! Are you aware that I wrote this article in, basically speaking, its current form back in November 2002, & you are the first person to actually add the inline citations it has needed? (My excuse for not doing it is that (1) the article was written before we had things like cite.php to use to create footnotes with; & (2) I've worked on a few thousand other articles since then, & kept telling myself "one of these days" I'd dig out the two secondary sources I used to properly sprinkle citations into this article.) Sad thing is that not only are the two secondary sources I used more recent than Bury & Gibbons -- whom you cited -- but that in the last 10 years Britannica (the academic journal which publishes articles on Roman History relating to Britain) has presented even more recent work on this topic. If you are interested in working further on this article -- I'm not possessive about this one in the least -- I can offer some help on sources for further improving this article. -- llywrch (talk) 22:05, 29 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

While the general facts about Constantine's life haven't changed since Bury or Gibbon wrote -- Constantine was proclaimed Emperor in Britain, crossed over to Gaul, & was defeated & killed by Constantinus -- the finer details either come more into -- or out of -- focus as research continues down the years, even when no new facts have been recovered. Besides the two articles I had referenced when I wrote the article -- by Stevens & Thompson -- you can also have a look at Sheppard Frere's Britannia (revised edition, 1978), which covers more than just this period. Do you have access to an electronic periodical database like JSTOR? I could find the articles in Britannia I mention above & supply you with their bibliographical details. -- llywrch (talk) 06:27, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Maximinus Thrax

Congrats! What else to say for your work there. It was badly needed.--Dipa1965 (talk) 22:58, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep on keeping on :) Wikipedia needs to pay attention to quality/verifiability instead of quantity and work like yours is a great contribution to that. I wish I had your knowledge, plus native language ability, courage and the resources. I too appreciate D. S. Potter's work btw. Wishing the best.--Dipa1965 (talk) 18:47, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Consulate

Hello!

Generally, I am fine with it, but I am not sure about the last few sentences. The consulate in its classical form had been dead since Justinian I, and from the time of Justin II, only the emperor or members of his family was ever named consul(s), with the emperor usually holding the office from his accession, i.e. in essence the situation you describe as only happening post-Justinian II. AFAIK Justinian II was the last emperor to actually use the title "consul", his successors never really bothered with it. Do you have some sources for the post-Justinian II situation? Constantine ✍ 09:08, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Very good work on Justinian II! I am really glad that someone is taking the trouble to bring the emperors' articles up to scratch! A few nitpicks, however: you rely too much on Norwich, Bury and Ostrogorsky. While useful and largely correct on the narrative of the events, they are often outdated (Norwich I also consider rather unreliable as a main source for a serious article, whatever his literary merits) as far as administrative, political and religious issues are concerned. When Ostrogorsky wrote his history for instance, the thematic system was understood in a completely different light than it is today. You should strive to make greater use of more recent (post-1980) and specialized sources at least for cross-checking and verification, such as Treadgold's history (he too has some issues with chronology and his own theories on some events and administrative/military matters that are not mainstream, but is largely reliable and provides great context), Haldon's Warfare, state and society, etc. As I said before, feel free to check my list of sources and ask for any of them. Cheers, Constantine ✍ 14:21, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I too like Norwich, after all, it is he and Runciman who got me seriously into Byzantine history after the dull and dreary stuff we were taught at school had frightened me off it ;). However, he excels exactly at that: writing an accessible and even enjoyable popular history. While generally accurate, by definition he focuses on the drama and less on the "dry" mechanics of administration etc, and even less on competing or alternative interpretations to some events. I have also found several errors and simplifications in his work, so I would only use him for a serious encyclopedic article if I could cross-check every statement or for describing the broader narrative. On the sources, do you have an email where I can contact you? If you don't want to disclose yours, send it to my email and I'll reply. Cheers, Constantine ✍ 00:02, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A few issues

Hello Oatley. I'm unhappy having to play the bad guy here, but I'm afraid you can't use your last book as a reference in the articles you've been editing lately because of the policies and guidelines that have been put in place in wikipedia. There are multiple issues here. To begin with, a potential one is Conflict of interest. Personally, I don't think there is a major problem here, as you were overt regarding being the author from the start, and in WP:COI it's added that "Editing in an area in which you have professional or academic expertise is not, in itself, a conflict of interest. Using material you yourself have written or published is allowed within reason, but only if it is relevant and conforms to the content policies. Excessive self-citation is strongly discouraged." This issue is also dealt under self citing. The main issue would appear to be here rather a clash with WP:RS, even if even without this one I'm not certain (please forgive me if I'm rude here) you're exactly under the "professional or academic expertise" field mentioned in COI and the premise in COS that the "editor has published the results of his or her research in a reliable publication". Returning to RS, the problem is that "All material in Wikipedia articles must be attributable to a reliable published source". History articles even more than others rely on scholarly material, and academic and peer-reviewed publications, scholarly monographs, and textbooks are usually the most reliable sources. There are some rare cases when non-academic works are OK in they come from high-quality mainstream publications, like is the case of Norwich, but in this case there are scholarly reviews of his works and his titles are often in bibliographies of academics' works. Regarding backing up with primary sources, I'm afraid this presents serious problems as "Articles should rely on secondary sources whenever possible". Ancient and medieval sources are for there same nature unreliable, and thus need a secondary source to interpret them in any case. Also, remember that sources to be reliable have to be uptodate, so an authors that have ceased to be used in current scholarship, like Finlay or Gibbon (except in a historiographic perspective). Sorry again for the bad news. Ciao, Aldux (talk) 16:33, 25 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again, Oatley. I'm happy you didn't take my points badly, ti be honest I was a bit afraid.. ;-) Starting with the first point, if I followed literally the policy I would probably have to say no, but to be honest on the condition you remember to use your book for an inline citation always put also another relatively recent secondary source, just like in the example you made to me (I'd say as a rule, not over 60 years old). Regarding older secondary sources, I understand you miss the flavour they can give to a tale: I personally love the way Gibbon can present a story. I'd say that an occasional quotation from Gibbon isn't bad and another classic modern historian, but only if it's stated as an opinion and not a fact and the author is mentioned not only in the note but also in the text. Regarding primary sources, in Roman and Medieval context, you could use both in the same inline note: for example, "according to Cassius Dio, Claudius was... "(ref)Cassius, LI 15, in Martindale, p. xx(/ref), that's perfectly OK according to the rules and used. This is also because primary sources can be very untrustworthy, and a prime example of this is exactly of the Historia Augusta; for this passing it through a secondary source is a sort of guarantee that at least that specific passage from the PS is OK. Also you could use if you want, as a way to use directly ancient sources, specific windows detached from the main of the article. To better understand what I mean give a look at Aspasia, a Featured Article.

Now, as you proposed, lets take one of the articles you've been working on. Starting from notes 3 (Dio) and 4 (HA), these are almost certainly mentioned in secondary sources and a good way to find one is through a search in Google books, as many academic works can be previewed. As for your notes 6 and 23, here you cite your book: they're all uncontroversial statements, just search one or more secondary sources to back them up. I hope you don't see this as a bad judgement on the edits you've been making: far from it, it's really great to see somebody interested in Roman history finally around here, and, let me add, a good editor. I just hope these observations can help you in making that your already great work even better. Ciao,Aldux (talk) 20:38, 27 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Heraclius (son of Constans II)

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DYK for Tiberius (son of Constans II)

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Usurpers

Yes, no problem. BTW, perhaps the list should be renamed to "Usurpers, conspirators and rebels" or something like this, since not all of these people actually claimed the crown for themselves. Constantine ✍ 11:56, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Re Theodore Mangaphas

Hello! Well, aside from the concerns over Triumph and Tragedy as a RS and the whole COI thing, the fact is that the source is not really needed: you merely added additional citations from it, changed the dates a bit as well as adding a death date that is probably not correct. Vougiouklaki is another case altogether: the Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World is written by scholars, and often some of the best in the field. I always prefer secondary sources or at least try to verify its contents with other books, but it is as reliable as say, www.roman-emperors.org or other online encyclopaedias. Cheers, Constantine ✍ 19:25, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Dacia

Hi! From your edits, it looks like you might be interested in ancient Dacia. Would you like to join the WikiProject Dacia? It is a project aimed to better organize and improve the quality and accuracy of the articles related to these topics. We need help expanding and reviewing many articles, and we also need more images. Your input is welcomed! Thanks and best regards!

Thank you so much for all the help on Wikipedia:WikiProject Dacia/Drafts/Roman Dacia. We will be honored to have you in WP:DACIA as well. Best regards.--Codrin.B (talk) 17:02, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No worries! I am sure we will have the chance to collaborate again in the future since the Roman Dacia topic has many sub-articles directly related to Ancient Rome.--Codrin.B (talk) 22:53, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Tiberius II Constantine and his dates

Hi, Oatley. Great work on fleshing out this article. But may I remind you to pay more attention to the dates you add to your articles? Almost all events of "574" were dated to "584" in your text, and those of "577" were dated to "587". I edited the text, but I could see such errors confusing some readers. Dimadick (talk) 06:40, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Lucius Postumius Megellus (consul 305 BC)

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Hoax ProD

Hi Oatley, since Gaius Flavius Antoninus has a veneer of plausibility, it might be helpful to have an endorsement using {{Proposed deletion endorsed|comment}} under my ProD. I went with a proposed deletion because the very fact that we had to discuss the article made it likely that a speedy deletion would be declined. Good to see that you've been ProDing these Settipani stubs. ^davidiad _.: 18:49, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gaius Julius Severus (tribune)

Hi Oatley2112, I have read your reasons and probably the subject is, as you noticed, non notable. Deletion protocol states that a deprodded article could not re-prodded, so in this case the solution is nominate the article via AfD. Otherwise, if we seek a faster solution, we could redirect this article to the one related to his brother, Gaius Julius Bassus, that briefly mention him. P.S. I have noticed, looking at the What links here page, we have two articles about Amyntas of Galatia, this one and this other, is that correct? Regards, Cavarrone (talk) 04:57, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Interlanguage links

Hi Oatley, thanks for writing all those articles! I've gone through your history and added interlanguage links where I could. In the future, you might want to do this yourself; let me know if you have any questions! Cheers, Melchoir (talk) 05:22, 17 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Lucius Valerius Messalla Thrasea Poplicola Helvidius Priscus

I understand the problems with such articles, but I removed the Prod tag, and redirected the article to the one on his son. I think that's the best way to handle these. If we have a name, and information on the person in the encyclopedia, I cannot see there there is any reason not to have a redirect. DGG ( talk ) 05:01, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Seeking a naming example

I'm wondering whether you could help me with something. I'm looking for examples of Roman naming from the early empire that would give me a set like: Marcus Tullius Cicero; Tullia; Marcus Tullius Tiro, that is, a man, his daughter (or other female relative like a niece), and a freedman or new provincial citizen who took his name. I've only come up with republican examples because I don't work much with the empire. Also, if possible I would prefer that it not be Julio-Claudian. Ideally, each of the three would have an article, though if a set of names can be found, that is not a necessity. And it occurs to me that some inscription might even contain three names that might demonstrate these principles, and that would be quite tidy.

Just thought something might spring right to mind, since you do so much in this area. Cynwolfe (talk) 01:09, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Project tagging

Hi Alexander. I notice that you create an article or two almost every day. Thanks for that! I wonder if you would be willing to tag the talk pages of your new articles with

{{WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome| importance=| class=}}

It will help members of the project coordinate articles (wikilinks, preventing duplicates with different nomenclature, etc.) and just get extra eyes on your work. You don't need to fill in any of the parameters (I think it might be frowned upon anyway), so it's really just a matter of pasting the above code onto the talk page after you create. Thanks and sorry to intrude, ^davidiad _.: 03:46, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks ... I'm sorry: "template" shouldn't have been included in the code above. I've deleted it. ^davidiad _.: 04:58, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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A deletion discussion

Hi Alexander, since you work on a lot of these articles, I thought I should let you know about Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marcus Ambivulus in case you haven't seen it and have any input. ^davidiad _.:τ 01:53, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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When you have a minute

… could you glance at this edit? Obviously my sources left me with the impression that it was the Piso who conspired against Nero, but another editor seems to think otherwise. No sources are offered, but every time I've been in a situation where I've had to sort out Calpurnii Pisones, I've felt less than confident. (BTW, thanks again for the naming suggestion a while back, which I thought I would be using sooner than I have—I just realized I still haven't added that section to the ever-burgeoning Roman Empire). Cynwolfe (talk) 14:01, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Marcus Appuleius for deletion

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RE: Scipio Salvito

Hi Oatley,

There are still sections listing Salvito as the father of Scipio (consul in 16 BC) and husband of Scribonia. You are certain that Salvito is not the same Publius Cornelius Scipio? There are mentions of this in geni and rootsweb (both listing wikipedia as a reference admittedly) and all through google as the father. This could explain why Augustus stole his wife as Salvito is a descendant of Scipio through Scipio's granddaughter. Anyway, I will not change it...but I suspect Salvito may indeed be the father. Please let me know, what you think.

I am the Blood 06:57, 27 March 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blood3 (talk • contribs)

RE: Scipio Salvito

Hi Alexander, you have convinced me that Salvito is probably not the father. However please read the article below and let me know what you think. Sextus Pompey was a consul in 35 BC but obviously did not complete his year. There are at least 2 suffect consuls on wikipedia's List of Roman consuls. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dearbornboutwell/fam5425.html

I am the Blood 13:20, 27 March 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blood3 (talk • contribs)

Otho and Tiberius

Hi Alexander, I was wondering if you could advise me on something. There is an article claiming there were rumours about the paternity of Emperor Otho's father (whose father may have been either a knight or the result of an affair between Tiberius and a slave girl/freedwoman). Have you ever heard Otho claim that Tiberius was hia paternal grandfather in the way Emperor Claudius claimed Augustus was his paternal grandfather? Or it is possible due to the fact, Tiberius was loathed, he avoided remind ing people of this rumour during his brief reign? Please reply when you can. I am the Blood 12:16, 10 April 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blood3 (talk • contribs)

Moving an article

hi Alexander, I was wondering if you could have a look at this article and tell me, if I should move it into an article. It is about Lucius Aelius Lamia, creator of the famous gardens that bear his name. He may be the same Aelius as Lucius Aelius Tubero, but I doubt it very much. http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/User:Blood3/Lucius_Aelius_Lamia,_praetor_of_43BCE Regardless, it would be very nice if you could please review this; and if you approve of its content, perhaps move it as I don't know how. Thanks Alexander. I am the Blood 10:55, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Family of Emperor Tiberius

Hi Alexander, I was wonderign you could clear up something. What was the name of Emperor Tiberius' paternal grandfather: Drusus or Tiberius? Wikipedia mentions both but Tiberius Claudius Nero seems more likely (as Drusus is based on another gens hence why Livia Drusilla named her son on her gens due to the perceived uncertainty of his parentage (I won't debate who Emperor Claudius' biological paternal grandfather is)). So is it Drusus or Tiberius? Please let me know. Thanks Alexander. I am the Blood 06:33, 14 July 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blood3 (talk • contribs)

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Adding years to short citations

Please see Talk:Romanos IV Diogenes#Adding years to short citations -- PBS (talk) 21:03, 1 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Augustan History

Hi, I just saw your request for feedback on this article on the WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome Talk page, but it appears you already submitted it for GA review. While it is well-written -- much more clear than I can usually manage -- I noticed two points that lacked attention, & may sink your chances of getting this thru GA. (If I were reviewing this article there, I would immediately flag them.)

Almost nothing was said about the fictitious personalities said to have written these biographies. (I missed seeing the two sentences mentioning them on my first read.) This is something I believe would be covered to more detail than has been done. Perhaps I'm expecting some Post-Contructionist message (or whatever the latest LitCrit jargon is for evaluating the possible roles of this framing device) waiting to be decoded here, but I wonder if anyone has considered whether the author had a purpose to having 6 fictional personae present this material, whether or not he executed his intent competently. Or at least some discussion about these personae & if any expert has detected any difference between the six beyond their names.
I miss any discussion of the textual transmission, publication history (at least stating when & where the editio princeps was produced, & a recent edition of the text), & a list of translations of this work. While the linked pages at LacusCurtius provide some of this (although for state-of-the-art circa 1914), it would be better to have a section in the article that covers this material. If you like, I can supply some of the info on the textual transmission. (Which is one reason I can't offer to review this article -- conflict of interest over an article that otherwise I feel is worthy of achieving GA status.)

Hope this helps. -- llywrch (talk) 22:07, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Llywrch, your suggestions are good ones, and I can certainly expand the article with some further discussion on the six scriptores. I would be very appreciative of your offer to provide some details on the textual transmission if you are able to do so. Thanks again! Oatley2112 (talk) 12:27, 20 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

One further point. In L.D. Reynold's Texts and Transmission (Oxford, 1983), the work is called Scriptores Historiae Augustae. ISTR it being called by this name in at least one other academic work. Something worth adding -- at least in a footnote. -- llywrch (talk) 05:40, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again Llywrch. The article already has this title included, buried in the second sentence of the introduction. :) Oatley2112 (talk) 11:00, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, I'm amazed I missed that, inasmuch as I read the article twice before posting that. I even noticed you had info on the editio princeps & on Symmachus' use of the text in the 6th century. Oh well. -- llywrch (talk) 16:18, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead & added a few paragraphs on the textual transmission to the article. I know my footnoting style is not identical to yours, but I also expect you to modify my small contribution as you see fit. ;-) Hope it improves the article. -- llywrch (talk) 06:33, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again for the input Llywrch. Yes, I will tweak this in the next couple of days. Oatley2112 (talk) 23:31, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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