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Isn't the last paragraph personal conclusion and/or original research? The best that can be said is "Some historians believe ... blah blah blah", and provide citations to where they say it. - Vedexent 21:37, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
This is the person who started that punic war, and is proud of what they did out there. Clearly you people don't have any respect for these people who died for us , you should be a shamed.
Since the map depicted in the article refers to ancient times can it name SPAIN as HISPANIA (the then name of the region) just as France is referred to as GAUL (in fact it should be GALLIA)? This way people will also get information about ancient names of these regions. -- Apoorv Khurasia 12.04.07
Carthaginian Peace- A link should be put in this article to Carthaginian peace and be discussed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.226.40.94 ( talk) 21:38, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Removed Vandalism/Immaturity that changed the Punic wars to the Stupid Wars. Also, I believe the bold of the second paragraph is unnecessary/incorrect and would recommend someone else look at it and change it if I'm right. I usually don't bother with editing wikipedia, but immaturity annoys me. 216.120.184.166 ( talk) 13:15, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Do we really need this image published twice in the article? — Cesar Tort 13:05, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Do any primary sources indicate that Hannibal lost siege engines in the Alps? Nothing that I have read ever indicated that his army contained a siege train, and it seems far-fetched and impractical that Hannibal would have his men drag bulky, cumbersome siege engines all the way from southeastern Spain over the Alps into Italy. Besides, Hannibal's plan was not to annihilate the city of Rome itself, but rather to separate Rome from its allies by exposing the Roman weakness in battle. If he needed siege engines, why wouldn't Hannibal simply have them built in Italy by his anti-Roman allies? Are Siege engines crossing the Alps? I have never heard of this, although maybe someone could correct me. Elephants yes, but I have never heard of siege engines in Hannibal's march. Lazenby certainly doesn't mention any siege engines... did Livy or Polybius mention them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.251.205.152 ( talk) 02:23, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
I don't know what kind of reference is that but it is obvious that is 100% wrong beause Punic Wars were a war between Carthage and Rome. Carthagenian originated from Phoenicians with a mixture of Brbers and had their distinct language and culture. How Greeks had to do with Punic Wars?! May be there were Greek mercenaries in both parties, but to claim that Punic Wars were between Roman and Greeks it's ridiculous at minimum. I am going to change that part. Aigest ( talk) 11:20, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
The text stated that Hannibal used African elephants which commenly refers to the African Bush elephant. It is today agreed that he most definitely not used African Bush elephants. I've added the following text:
"It is still debated if Hannibal used African Forest Elephants, Asian Elephants or even both species as historical traditions indicate both possibilities. The use of African Bush Elephants commenly known as African elephants is ruled out though.)"
Since I'm not really familiar with editing in Wiki and I usually don't edit pages I really don't know if the formating is ok, so someone might want to check it out.-- 84.74.103.125 ( talk) 23:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
A recent edit on the article page changed all references to dates "BCE" to "BC". I do not know what the preference is for this type of historical article. I will check Wikipedia's policies on this and return, possibly to revert the format edit. The Bearded One ( talk) 18:34, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
“ | In 149 BC, in an attempt to pacify Carthage, Rome made a series of escalating demands, one being that 300 hundred men of upper class stature had to give away their son as a hostage, ending with the near-impossible demand that the city be demolished and re-built away from the coast, deeper into Africa. The Carthaginians refused this last demand and Rome declared the Third Punic War. Carthage finally realized something, they realized what it meant to truly fight for their country. Before they were a mercantile country that sought wealth above most other things, but now the Carthiginians fought with a zeal found in Rome in Hannibal's time. They made thousands of makeshift weapons in a short amount of time, even using womens' hair for catapult strings. The three hundred Carthiginian council men were being attacked for their cowardice and Carthage finally found their fighting spirit. However, it was too little too late. They embarassed the first Roman army, but the second army, under command of Scipio Ameilianus, made their mark. Scipio Aemilianus besieged the city for three years before he breached the walls, sacked the city, and burned Carthage to the ground. Scipio Aemilianus burned the city so systematically that now it is hard to find any evidence of Carthiginian culture. Scipio Aemilianus was said to be crying intensely, when confronted and asked why he said he feared it would one day happen to Rome. Thus, this war ended another world power and changed our culture as we know it, if Carthage won who would know what would happen to the modern world. The surviving Carthaginians were sold into slavery, and Carthage ceased to exist, until Octavian rebuilt the city as a Roman veterans' colony over a century later. | ” |
Somebody please rewrite. This attempt at flowery language is both a failure as prose and as history. -- Dustek 14:48, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Please leave the Cato quote in there; Its a famous quote that summarizes Roman anxiety towards Carthage and therefor, I would think, is quite relevant to Carthages ulimate demise at Roman hands. BoudewijnBecking ( talk) 08:56, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
The Latin form of the Greek word for general seems absurdly inappropriate when referring to a Phoenician commander, what with Phoenician being a Semitic language unrelated to Greek or Latin. This is pseudo-intellectual exhibitionism, and goes far to discrediting any claim to sophistication the article might otherwise aspire to. Just because a classical historian refers to a Phoenician general as a "strategos" does not mean any Phoenician had such a title in his own language. --AGF —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.50.104.162 ( talk) 21:40, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
In the second paragraph of the article I see this sentence: "With the end of the — which ran concurrently with the Punic Wars — and the defeat of the Seleucid King Antiochus III the Great in the Roman–Syrian War (Treaty of Apamea, 188 BC) in the eastern sea, Rome emerged as the dominant Mediterranean power . . . " Something's missing right before the first m-dash -- "With the end of the XX." What should go there? Thuvan Dihn ( talk) 22:45, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
Where is the major involvement of the Berbers ( called Numidians, moors, mauri´s, Berbers, Libyans' The origin of Punic isn´t Carthage but Phoenicians who were a minority creating a society with the majority Berbers talking a new language called PUNIC? Fucking racist bullshit motherfuckers.
Hi everybody, I made an animated gif showing how Rome and Carthage's possessions changed during the three Punic Wars. Maybe it could help to have an overview of what happened in these three wars. I noticed that the current image Carthaginianempire.PNG is focused only on the Carthaginian situation, so I think that looking at the entire timespan from both sides may improve the understanding of the events. What do you think? I'm open to suggestions or improvements to the animation. Agata brr ( talk) 22:23, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
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I see "Expansion depth limit exceeded" over and over again in the "Second Punic War" section. Please either correct the syntax error causing the message or just remove whatever is causing the error in the first place. Konokai ( talk) 13:16, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi Macrakis. I can't find any mention of this in the source you cite, neither on p. 39, nor on p. 497, which covers the destruction of Carthage. Ridley, here, in a 1987 study is clear that the first mention of salting Carthage was by Hallward in 1930 - Ridley p. 144.
It may be that I am being slow and have missed the reference in The New American Cyclopædia: a Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, so perhaps you could quote me the actual words?
Thanks.
Gog the Mild ( talk) 17:41, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
There is a factual error at Punic Wars#Cannae, 216 BC. Currently, the paragraph clubs Paullus as decisive, along with Varro. It is true that Varro has been overly vilified, and that Paullus did not wholly oppose battle, but it is known that he was not spoiling for a fight. I tried to correct this, but was requested to discuss first. Does anyone have any objections? Feel free. HalfdanRagnarsson ( talk) 17:40, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi Gog, as discussed, here are a few minor misc left-over comments. No need to reply to them, just use anything that's helpful.
That's it for now. I've enjoyed reading it! JennyOz ( talk) 17:18, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
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?)2) is this the same time as when Hannibal was recalled? That should be specified as the reason if so.
That's the first wave, I'm through 'primary sources'. Very minor stuff generally, as always. Most of the comments are probably minor/subjective. Comments will be coming in bursts and sporadically. As my high school latin teacher was fond of saying, "How do you eat an elephant?" " one bite at a time". Best, Eddie891 Talk Work 00:17, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
and 'with strong commercial links' feels like it's missing something, though I need more time to think about what
Also not sure, but my mind wants it to read "with a... providing" or "and/while ... provided". This might be an american english or Eddie english thing though
Through FPW. I'm giving you a very in-depth treatment-- I can review it to GA criteria with many fewer comments if you want (but they'll come out at FAC anyways!). Just let me know, not trying to be too nit-picky. That's it for the night... Eddie891 Talk Work 01:19, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
and 2) what 'a little' means here?
It varied over time for a variety of reasons. But given that 86,000 Romans in a single force got chopped up at Cannae, I am not sure what would have been big enough. 20,000 certainly wasn't.
also which Scipio is refered to here?
That's the first pass, probably the vast majority of my comments. I'll take a breath and break here. Eddie891 Talk Work 13:47, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A. (1858–1863). "Carthage". The New American Cyclopædia: a Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge. 4. New York: D. Appleton. p. 497. OCLC 1173144180. Retrieved 29 July 2020a reliable source?
All content must be verifiable. The burden to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores material, and it is satisfied by providing an inline citation to a reliable source that directly supports the contribution. I subscribe to the school of thought that Just because something appears obvious to you, doesn't mean it's obvious to everyone, but won't hinge the passing/failing on this issue if you really don't want to cite it.
Admittedly, not a thorough as I'd like, but sources seem to be very reliable and for the vast majority of instances line up perfectly, if the spotcheck is to be trusted. AGF'ing for offline sources. This really is it, I promise. Best, Eddie891 Talk Work 01:35, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi Eddie891. I am back from holiday and have been pecking away at your image and source comments. I will ping when I (think I) have finished. Is there anything above "Mostly images" still outstanding? Thanks. Gog the Mild ( talk) 19:31, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
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"It lasted 23 years, until 241 BC, when after immense materiel and human losses on both sides the Carthaginians were defeated."
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In the sentence: "The fighting took place primarily on the Mediterranean island of Sicily and its surrounding waters, and also in North Africa, Corsica and Sardinia. It lasted 23 years, until 241 BC, when after immense materiel and human losses on both sides the Carthaginians were defeated."
The word "materiel" is not commonly known and therefore should link to /info/en/?search=Materiel Elemutau ( talk) 09:25, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
The research team behind QI just tweeted that the third punic war officially ended in 1985. If someone can find a reference, surely that's worth a mention!
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The belligerents should have just been Rome and Carthage not Romans and Carthaginians. 98.114.254.117 ( talk) 02:03, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
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In the very beginning of the ship/naval forces section, maneuverability is spelled wrong Flamegator ( talk) 01:47, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
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Change all "BC" to "BCE" and "AD" to "CE". EPogYT ( talk) 20:00, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
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/info/en/?search=Common_Era Given the secular nature of the topic, BCE/CE is more appropriate.
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So you are literally going with "Thats how we have always done it here" Gog the Mild? It was put in wrong 29 years ago so its going to stay wrong? Wildkat ( talk) 14:56, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
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Could you add a flag map of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Punic war, in their respected headlines. DoctorAce08 ( talk) 20:32, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
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Isn't the last paragraph personal conclusion and/or original research? The best that can be said is "Some historians believe ... blah blah blah", and provide citations to where they say it. - Vedexent 21:37, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
This is the person who started that punic war, and is proud of what they did out there. Clearly you people don't have any respect for these people who died for us , you should be a shamed.
Since the map depicted in the article refers to ancient times can it name SPAIN as HISPANIA (the then name of the region) just as France is referred to as GAUL (in fact it should be GALLIA)? This way people will also get information about ancient names of these regions. -- Apoorv Khurasia 12.04.07
Carthaginian Peace- A link should be put in this article to Carthaginian peace and be discussed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.226.40.94 ( talk) 21:38, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Removed Vandalism/Immaturity that changed the Punic wars to the Stupid Wars. Also, I believe the bold of the second paragraph is unnecessary/incorrect and would recommend someone else look at it and change it if I'm right. I usually don't bother with editing wikipedia, but immaturity annoys me. 216.120.184.166 ( talk) 13:15, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Do we really need this image published twice in the article? — Cesar Tort 13:05, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Do any primary sources indicate that Hannibal lost siege engines in the Alps? Nothing that I have read ever indicated that his army contained a siege train, and it seems far-fetched and impractical that Hannibal would have his men drag bulky, cumbersome siege engines all the way from southeastern Spain over the Alps into Italy. Besides, Hannibal's plan was not to annihilate the city of Rome itself, but rather to separate Rome from its allies by exposing the Roman weakness in battle. If he needed siege engines, why wouldn't Hannibal simply have them built in Italy by his anti-Roman allies? Are Siege engines crossing the Alps? I have never heard of this, although maybe someone could correct me. Elephants yes, but I have never heard of siege engines in Hannibal's march. Lazenby certainly doesn't mention any siege engines... did Livy or Polybius mention them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.251.205.152 ( talk) 02:23, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
I don't know what kind of reference is that but it is obvious that is 100% wrong beause Punic Wars were a war between Carthage and Rome. Carthagenian originated from Phoenicians with a mixture of Brbers and had their distinct language and culture. How Greeks had to do with Punic Wars?! May be there were Greek mercenaries in both parties, but to claim that Punic Wars were between Roman and Greeks it's ridiculous at minimum. I am going to change that part. Aigest ( talk) 11:20, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
The text stated that Hannibal used African elephants which commenly refers to the African Bush elephant. It is today agreed that he most definitely not used African Bush elephants. I've added the following text:
"It is still debated if Hannibal used African Forest Elephants, Asian Elephants or even both species as historical traditions indicate both possibilities. The use of African Bush Elephants commenly known as African elephants is ruled out though.)"
Since I'm not really familiar with editing in Wiki and I usually don't edit pages I really don't know if the formating is ok, so someone might want to check it out.-- 84.74.103.125 ( talk) 23:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
A recent edit on the article page changed all references to dates "BCE" to "BC". I do not know what the preference is for this type of historical article. I will check Wikipedia's policies on this and return, possibly to revert the format edit. The Bearded One ( talk) 18:34, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
“ | In 149 BC, in an attempt to pacify Carthage, Rome made a series of escalating demands, one being that 300 hundred men of upper class stature had to give away their son as a hostage, ending with the near-impossible demand that the city be demolished and re-built away from the coast, deeper into Africa. The Carthaginians refused this last demand and Rome declared the Third Punic War. Carthage finally realized something, they realized what it meant to truly fight for their country. Before they were a mercantile country that sought wealth above most other things, but now the Carthiginians fought with a zeal found in Rome in Hannibal's time. They made thousands of makeshift weapons in a short amount of time, even using womens' hair for catapult strings. The three hundred Carthiginian council men were being attacked for their cowardice and Carthage finally found their fighting spirit. However, it was too little too late. They embarassed the first Roman army, but the second army, under command of Scipio Ameilianus, made their mark. Scipio Aemilianus besieged the city for three years before he breached the walls, sacked the city, and burned Carthage to the ground. Scipio Aemilianus burned the city so systematically that now it is hard to find any evidence of Carthiginian culture. Scipio Aemilianus was said to be crying intensely, when confronted and asked why he said he feared it would one day happen to Rome. Thus, this war ended another world power and changed our culture as we know it, if Carthage won who would know what would happen to the modern world. The surviving Carthaginians were sold into slavery, and Carthage ceased to exist, until Octavian rebuilt the city as a Roman veterans' colony over a century later. | ” |
Somebody please rewrite. This attempt at flowery language is both a failure as prose and as history. -- Dustek 14:48, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Please leave the Cato quote in there; Its a famous quote that summarizes Roman anxiety towards Carthage and therefor, I would think, is quite relevant to Carthages ulimate demise at Roman hands. BoudewijnBecking ( talk) 08:56, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
The Latin form of the Greek word for general seems absurdly inappropriate when referring to a Phoenician commander, what with Phoenician being a Semitic language unrelated to Greek or Latin. This is pseudo-intellectual exhibitionism, and goes far to discrediting any claim to sophistication the article might otherwise aspire to. Just because a classical historian refers to a Phoenician general as a "strategos" does not mean any Phoenician had such a title in his own language. --AGF —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.50.104.162 ( talk) 21:40, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
In the second paragraph of the article I see this sentence: "With the end of the — which ran concurrently with the Punic Wars — and the defeat of the Seleucid King Antiochus III the Great in the Roman–Syrian War (Treaty of Apamea, 188 BC) in the eastern sea, Rome emerged as the dominant Mediterranean power . . . " Something's missing right before the first m-dash -- "With the end of the XX." What should go there? Thuvan Dihn ( talk) 22:45, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
Where is the major involvement of the Berbers ( called Numidians, moors, mauri´s, Berbers, Libyans' The origin of Punic isn´t Carthage but Phoenicians who were a minority creating a society with the majority Berbers talking a new language called PUNIC? Fucking racist bullshit motherfuckers.
Hi everybody, I made an animated gif showing how Rome and Carthage's possessions changed during the three Punic Wars. Maybe it could help to have an overview of what happened in these three wars. I noticed that the current image Carthaginianempire.PNG is focused only on the Carthaginian situation, so I think that looking at the entire timespan from both sides may improve the understanding of the events. What do you think? I'm open to suggestions or improvements to the animation. Agata brr ( talk) 22:23, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
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I see "Expansion depth limit exceeded" over and over again in the "Second Punic War" section. Please either correct the syntax error causing the message or just remove whatever is causing the error in the first place. Konokai ( talk) 13:16, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi Macrakis. I can't find any mention of this in the source you cite, neither on p. 39, nor on p. 497, which covers the destruction of Carthage. Ridley, here, in a 1987 study is clear that the first mention of salting Carthage was by Hallward in 1930 - Ridley p. 144.
It may be that I am being slow and have missed the reference in The New American Cyclopædia: a Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, so perhaps you could quote me the actual words?
Thanks.
Gog the Mild ( talk) 17:41, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
There is a factual error at Punic Wars#Cannae, 216 BC. Currently, the paragraph clubs Paullus as decisive, along with Varro. It is true that Varro has been overly vilified, and that Paullus did not wholly oppose battle, but it is known that he was not spoiling for a fight. I tried to correct this, but was requested to discuss first. Does anyone have any objections? Feel free. HalfdanRagnarsson ( talk) 17:40, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi Gog, as discussed, here are a few minor misc left-over comments. No need to reply to them, just use anything that's helpful.
That's it for now. I've enjoyed reading it! JennyOz ( talk) 17:18, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
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?)2) is this the same time as when Hannibal was recalled? That should be specified as the reason if so.
That's the first wave, I'm through 'primary sources'. Very minor stuff generally, as always. Most of the comments are probably minor/subjective. Comments will be coming in bursts and sporadically. As my high school latin teacher was fond of saying, "How do you eat an elephant?" " one bite at a time". Best, Eddie891 Talk Work 00:17, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
and 'with strong commercial links' feels like it's missing something, though I need more time to think about what
Also not sure, but my mind wants it to read "with a... providing" or "and/while ... provided". This might be an american english or Eddie english thing though
Through FPW. I'm giving you a very in-depth treatment-- I can review it to GA criteria with many fewer comments if you want (but they'll come out at FAC anyways!). Just let me know, not trying to be too nit-picky. That's it for the night... Eddie891 Talk Work 01:19, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
and 2) what 'a little' means here?
It varied over time for a variety of reasons. But given that 86,000 Romans in a single force got chopped up at Cannae, I am not sure what would have been big enough. 20,000 certainly wasn't.
also which Scipio is refered to here?
That's the first pass, probably the vast majority of my comments. I'll take a breath and break here. Eddie891 Talk Work 13:47, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A. (1858–1863). "Carthage". The New American Cyclopædia: a Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge. 4. New York: D. Appleton. p. 497. OCLC 1173144180. Retrieved 29 July 2020a reliable source?
All content must be verifiable. The burden to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores material, and it is satisfied by providing an inline citation to a reliable source that directly supports the contribution. I subscribe to the school of thought that Just because something appears obvious to you, doesn't mean it's obvious to everyone, but won't hinge the passing/failing on this issue if you really don't want to cite it.
Admittedly, not a thorough as I'd like, but sources seem to be very reliable and for the vast majority of instances line up perfectly, if the spotcheck is to be trusted. AGF'ing for offline sources. This really is it, I promise. Best, Eddie891 Talk Work 01:35, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi Eddie891. I am back from holiday and have been pecking away at your image and source comments. I will ping when I (think I) have finished. Is there anything above "Mostly images" still outstanding? Thanks. Gog the Mild ( talk) 19:31, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
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"It lasted 23 years, until 241 BC, when after immense materiel and human losses on both sides the Carthaginians were defeated."
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In the sentence: "The fighting took place primarily on the Mediterranean island of Sicily and its surrounding waters, and also in North Africa, Corsica and Sardinia. It lasted 23 years, until 241 BC, when after immense materiel and human losses on both sides the Carthaginians were defeated."
The word "materiel" is not commonly known and therefore should link to /info/en/?search=Materiel Elemutau ( talk) 09:25, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
The research team behind QI just tweeted that the third punic war officially ended in 1985. If someone can find a reference, surely that's worth a mention!
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The belligerents should have just been Rome and Carthage not Romans and Carthaginians. 98.114.254.117 ( talk) 02:03, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
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In the very beginning of the ship/naval forces section, maneuverability is spelled wrong Flamegator ( talk) 01:47, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
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Change all "BC" to "BCE" and "AD" to "CE". EPogYT ( talk) 20:00, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
Apologies to all and specifically to
Peter Gulutzan for screwing up the citation. I accidentally posted it to my own Talk instead of here. Use of BC/AD is inappropriate for a purely secular topic like the Punic Wars. Were this a religious topic, a dating notation pinned to a religious event would be appropriate. See
/info/en/?search=Common_Era Given the secular nature of the topic, BCE/CE is more appropriate.
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So you are literally going with "Thats how we have always done it here" Gog the Mild? It was put in wrong 29 years ago so its going to stay wrong? Wildkat ( talk) 14:56, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
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Could you add a flag map of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Punic war, in their respected headlines. DoctorAce08 ( talk) 20:32, 19 December 2021 (UTC)