Talk:Terentia

Senator
"Her total dowry was 400,000 sesterces, which was the exact amount needed for a man to run for senator." This is incorrect, it was 400,000(s) to join the equestrian order, it was 1,000,000(s) to be a senator.

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Very informative article, well researched. The information about the family life of Terentia is interesting. It is very clear that Terentia was an accomplished woman, but how did she gain a reputation for having a sharp tongue? Are there specific examples? Also, in what Republican Era documents is she mentioned? In text citations might also help clarify where your information was collected.

Jhoover

A very organized and well written article. I like how the events are given in chronological order. I just noticed something minor, i think the first topic should not be named Family, but early life or something instead, because divorce and marriage is family related.

Ioannis Karvounis

Some of your facts are dubious; it is unlikely that Terentia actually lived to 103, and her birthdate is questionable. You need to cite the primary sources much more carefully for this. Also, you lack any scholarly non-encyclopedic source, although several are available. However, you include many of the interesting and relevant details about Terentia. Anisekstrong 22:32, 21 May 2007 (UTC)Anisekstrong

Given the little that we know about Terentia it is impossible to say if she selected Cicero (her father was probably dead by the time she married him). I have edited to correct the error about her belonging to the patricians; the Terentii were plebeian aristocracy. The article also needs to be edited to show that Cicero exile (for illegally killing Roman citizens) is not directly linked to his leaving Rome to support Pompey; these events take place 10 years apart. This article needs more reference to primary sources - Cicero's letters to Terentia in particular as many of the facts are erroneous. It should also refer to the new biography of Terentia by S. Treggiarri. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smcelduff (talk • contribs) 22:54, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Other marriages
I replaced the Everitt modern source, which is very unprecise (no pagination given) by the only existing ancient source by Hieronymus (Jerome), which should necessarily be Everitt's source, provided Everitt does indeed address the subject. Which I very much doubt. His book is not freely available online, but one can get to some pages and to the complete index: Terentia and Sallust are not mentioned anywhere on the same page of this book, and Jerome is mentioned only once, in the introduction (as a very unreliable source!). Sapphorain (talk) 12:42, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

One modern source is almost exclusively used in some parts of this article
A large number of the footnotes (16) refer to one single modern author, Susan Treggiari. When I read "However, Terentia did not reveal the worst details to Cicero; probably so as not to encourage his depression" or "Despite the lack of affectionate feelings and the growing resentment and suspicion of Terentia, Cicero continued to trust her with the administration of their household", I feel l am reading USA Today. And the fact that these statements are sourced only by one modern author is not acceptable. If the said modern author is reliable, she must have used sources from Cicero's time, which must also be provided. I put a template "one source" on the article. This might not be completely adequate, as of course other sources are provided, and if one more appropriate template exists, you are welcome to use it instead. Sapphorain (talk) 17:14, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Terentina
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