Talk:Tomb of Eurysaces the Baker

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Hey, I really liked the information in this article. It was obvious that a lot of research was done, and I liked how it was split up into sections. Maybe you could include a little more information on the people behind the building of the tomb, but overall great job!

-Amanda Zusman

Hi Susan. I think that this article is a great encyclopedia article because you cover all the relevant information while emphasizing the unique points. The organization is also excellent. My only suggestions are only very minor things to think about:

- Sentence 2, there is a typo. Did you mean,"... and it is located..."

- Consider adding Marcus Vergilius to the section title "Eurysaces" because you say something about his standard praenomen and nomen before the reader knows those are marcus and vergilius

- I know that Prof Strong said in class the thing about the tomb being a practical contribution to society because of the grain measuring holes. I have always wondered though how practical it would be to climb up this big monument carrying your grain in order to measure it. Maybe i'm missing something obvious (was eurysaces' tomb not all that big?) but if this is indeed a good point its something to consider changing.

- Endnotes are needed throughout to indicate which of your sources supports particular claims

Nice job.

Ken D'Aquila Kfd182 01:59, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I felt like your article was overall very informative, a few things to watchout for: Careful with the use of pronouns, often times the use of "it" would be best substituted with the "tomb" It might also be interesting to add something about what the tomb shows us about Roman society at this time as well as more detail about what the tomb looks like, this probably could be accomplished with the addition of your image though.

-Jeremy Kross

Evidence for Eurysaces actually being a freedman?
I have read some scholarly articles that dispute Eurysaces' status as a freedman, namely because he does not call himself a freedman in the inscription, nor does he list the name of his master, as were conventions at the time. Indeed, this article itself says that freedmen can build a name for themselves because of their masters, and there is lots of evidence for listing these names in other archaeological sources. What this article lacks is any explanation why Eurysaces is thought to be a freedman in the first place. I would say at least a section is warranted concerning this idea, as there is a section devoted to how Eurysaces is exemplary of freedman architecture and art, while there is not much evidence pointing to his status as a freedman in the first place. Stever Augustus (talk) 06:25, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I suspect you'd better do it - the general assumption I think always was that he was one. Johnbod (talk) 06:28, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

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