Template:Did you know nominations/Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 10)

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The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 00:50, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 10)[edit]

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. . . that Roman general Publius Cornelius Dolabella was denied a triumph for ending a 10-year-long war partly because Emperor Tiberius had already declared victory? Source: Bowman, A., Champlin, E., & Lintott, A. (Eds.). (1996). The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521264303 vol. X, pg. 596; Tacitus III.74; Tacitus IV.26
ALT1: . . . that Roman general Publius Cornelius Dolabella's victory in Roman Africa allowed the traditional Tunisian grazing lands to be converted to grain production? Source: Bowman, A., Champlin, E., & Lintott, A. (Eds.). (1996). The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521264303 vol. X, pg. 595
Reviewed: Up to date with QPQ, see here.

Improved to Good Article status by Gog the Mild (talk). Self-nominated at 15:03, 7 June 2018 (UTC).

Hi Gog, review follows: article promoted to GA 7 June; article is well written and fully cited to reliable sources throughout; article is of good length; hooks are both interesting and cited in the article; I have added "partly" to the triumph hook to match the wording in the article which says the fact "also played a part"; the repetition of "Roman" in the second hook is a little jarring for me but I couldn't figure out an alternative wording; I linked triumph in the first hook as it may not be familiar to the geneal reader; AGF on sourcing for the hooks which are to a hard copy book; QPQ is in order - Dumelow (talk) 16:54, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi there Dumelow. Thanks for picking up "partly". That's what I miss when I get too close to an article. I couldn't see how to lose one of the "Roman"s either, without making it even more jarring. I was hoping that the reviewer might be able to

. As to which I prefer; I think ALT0. I put in ALT1 in case it was thought that there were too many military DYKs. But I am easy as to which is selected: your choice. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:36, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

No worries Gog. Both are verified, I'll leave it up to the promoter to chose which one to use - Dumelow (talk) 19:45, 8 June 2018 (UTC)