Talk:Gordian dynasty

Sellars biblio is missing
The biblio section for the Sellars references is missing. (Hohum @ ) 20:44, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I have intended to remove the reference entirely since it was from Lulupress. Fixed now. -- Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  20:50, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

B class review
Nice article: B class. Note that I added the Year of Six Emperors tag and an infobox for the Gordians because the article needed a suitable infobox. Then I juggled the 3 pictures to fit. Djmaschek (talk) 15:56, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I cut and pasted the infobox royal house from the House of Tudor article. There may be other infoboxes more appropriate. Djmaschek (talk) 16:01, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Oops! I took infobox historical period from Tudor period article. Djmaschek (talk) 16:08, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I considered Template:Infobox family, but it overlaps quite a bit and doesn't work as well, as the Gordians never really succeeded in making a long lasting dynasty, such Infobox family is for. Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  17:41, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

CE
Did a cheeky little ce, altered a few bits of prose, wikilinks, bibliography, auto ed and dupe wikilinks. Rv as desired. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 16:02, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

Comments

 * A couple of comments on the lead. It ends in the middle of a sentence and Gordian III should be linked.
 * "in 238. In the same year, Capillianus, governor of Numidia, invaded Africa and succeeded in killing Gordian II during the Battle of Carthage. Gordian I, shortly thereafter, hanged himself out of grief, either 21 or 36 days after being declared emperor." This is confusing. "In the same year" implies a significant time after they became emperors, yet Gordian I died within 36 days and after Gordian II.
 * I am at a disadvantage in commenting as both the modern histories I have of Rome end before 238. I heard talks about the Gordians a few years ago which emphasised that it was a North African dynasty. This is implied but not brought out in the article. It should be spelled out that Gordian I and II were in North Africa (Carthage?) for the whole of their short reigns. Did Gordian III live in Rome?
 * ✅ Yes.
 * I have Gibbon's Decline and Fall and it says that the Gordians were accepted by the Roman Senate because they came from an old Roman aristocratic family. There should be at least a paragraph on the history of the family.
 * Both Gibbon and the Wiki article on Gordian III say that he was only 13 when he was declared emperor and died at 19 - the youngest sole emperor ever, and due to his age the empire was ruled by others at least in his early years. These very important points are not covered in the article, which goes straight from his proclamation as emperor to the Sassanian invasion and says that the empire was largely ruled by his wife in his later years. Did he have any real power? Dudley Miles (talk) 11:18, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I have Gibbon's Decline and Fall and it says that the Gordians were accepted by the Roman Senate because they came from an old Roman aristocratic family. There should be at least a paragraph on the history of the family.
 * Both Gibbon and the Wiki article on Gordian III say that he was only 13 when he was declared emperor and died at 19 - the youngest sole emperor ever, and due to his age the empire was ruled by others at least in his early years. These very important points are not covered in the article, which goes straight from his proclamation as emperor to the Sassanian invasion and says that the empire was largely ruled by his wife in his later years. Did he have any real power? Dudley Miles (talk) 11:18, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Both Gibbon and the Wiki article on Gordian III say that he was only 13 when he was declared emperor and died at 19 - the youngest sole emperor ever, and due to his age the empire was ruled by others at least in his early years. These very important points are not covered in the article, which goes straight from his proclamation as emperor to the Sassanian invasion and says that the empire was largely ruled by his wife in his later years. Did he have any real power? Dudley Miles (talk) 11:18, 15 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Believe I have done all. Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  16:01, 15 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Fine. I am tied up with other projects now but ping me again if I do not get back to it in the next few days. I will look at your edits and do some copy editing - if you wish - but you really need someone who knows more than me about Roman history. Dudley Miles (talk) 18:47, 15 August 2018 (UTC)