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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:05, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

Constantine III (Western Roman Emperor)[edit]

  • ... that Constantine III took all of the Roman legions from Britannia to Gaul in 407 and that they never returned? Source: Birley, Anthony (2005), The Roman Government in Britain, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-925237-4 p. 160.
    • ALT1:... that the head of Constantine III was presented to his co-emperor Honorius on the end of a pole? Source: Heather, Peter(2005) The Fall of the Roman Empire, Basingstoke and Oxford: Pan Macmillan, ISBN 0-333-98914-7, p. 237.

Improved to Good Article status by Gog the Mild (talk). Self-nominated at 14:46, 27 June 2018 (UTC).

  • Article was promoted to GA status within the last seven days, is over the required length and has no copyvio concerns. Both hooks are interesting (can't beat a good old fashioned head on a pole story!) and supported by inline citations, AGF on the offline sources. User has submitted a QPQ review to meet the requirement, good to go. Kosack (talk) 05:37, 28 June 2018 (UTC)