Talk:Gemma Augustea

Salvete amici et amicae! To lovers of Ancient History and the curious! This article, I realize, is imperfect. However, I strive to make it better, and encourage anyone with expertise or fervor to add your two sestertii. I ask only that if anyone wants to make major changes, please discuss them here first.

I do have some issues I need to fix, like linking Dioscurides to someone other than the Wikipedia entry, as it refers to a different man. I also need to fix the formatting to have it conform to Wiki standards (such as italics, citations, etc.) as well as to make it more readable and asthetically pleasing. I appreciate your patience as I work diligently to make this an exciting new article. -Zephlon 16:06, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

There is an article on Dioscurides, the Greek physician. Although Dioscurides, the favored sculptor of Augustus, is not prominently known, should I create a disambiguation page for the two, and on that page, briefly mention the sculptor, and perhaps throw in a link to the gemma, or even request a page of his own? Thoughts? -Zephlon 17:54, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

This article is well done!! I did an extensive paper on this gem and its history a few years back that might be useful to this article. I can also improve on the list of sources too. I'll dig up the paper and post sections of it here - --KeithatET (talk) 13:05, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Stokstad's art history lists figure 7 as Tiberius. This article does not clarify that. Anyone? Astabeth (talk) 21:58, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Measurements
I agree it is a good article, but - like very many Wikipedia articles - has one great flaw: the measurements. Why are the measurements in inches ONLY? Is it really fair - or appropriate for an encyclopaedia - to force readers to use converters?

If you absolutely must use the Imperial system, then at least include the metric measurements, too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.143.37.204 (talk) 18:57, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Horace quotation
I don't understand why there is at the end of this article an extended quote from the ode on Regulus, the hero of the First Carthaginian War.Tony (talk) 21:28, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

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