Talk:De Bello Hispaniensi

Why all the abuse of the author?
''"The copyists performed their tasks so ill that in the forty-two paragraphs there are twenty-one gaps and six hundred corrupt passages, which Mommsen and lesser men have striven with an industry worthy of a better cause to restore." About the author, A.G. Way ventures[3] that "Macaulay's guess that he was some 'sturdy old centurion who fought better than he wrote' is possibly not far off the truth" (p. 305)."''

Is this even relevant. Whoever wrote De Bello Hispaniensi was there, was in a position to observe, memorized the event, and took the time to write it down in a time when many could not write. Whoever this A.G. Way is, what did he ever do other than criticize someone else? I did a google of "A.G. Way" and found "Agway - Lawn, Garden, Pet, Bird and Farm Specialists." I don't think a comment should be given such a prominent part in the wikipedia page when it is from some 2-cent critic. 2601:9:4980:ABD:2919:E233:CB60:2A24 (talk) 16:39, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for this deep and constructive comment. Sapphorain (talk) 17:08, 2 November 2014 (UTC)