Talk:Vigiles

St. Florian
The addition of some comments on Saint Florian, a centurian and the patron saint of firefighters may be of note for this article. --Daysleeper47 14:28, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Overall, I think the article gave a sufficient background on the historical implications as well as the duties, providing explanations for novel terms. In the end, the article left me with general knowledge on the story, but I think you need to stress why they were so important to Roman society. Otherwise, very good job! 129.105.162.35 02:07, 15 May 2007 (UTC)Paris Kingsberry

Wow, you added a lot of information on your topic! You seem to cover quite a few aspects of the jobs of the vigiles. Can you find anything more about their involvement in the Great Fire of 64? It seems like there should be quite a bit of information out there about such a large and famous fire. A little bit more about the police force might be added (although I realize that the police force is not the main topic of the article). You might want to add in a brief definition of the word 'conflagration' when it is first used, since I didn't realize what it meant (but maybe that's just me). Since this article references the heirarchy of the army, you might want to make a link to the page that defines this heirarchy or, if such a page doesn't exist, actually lay out the heirarchy within this article. In addition, pay attention to the comment that was left here previously about St. Florian and see if any of the info on him applies to this topic. Great job overall! Alex Russell 21:23, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

You added a lot of terrific information and clearly did an immense amount of research. The writing is generally clear and well done, and the links are very helpful. Well done!76.16.233.199 02:15, 7 June 2007 (UTC)Anise K. Strong

Sipho?
Yeah I know there's a little bit of indirect evidence that suggests that the vigiles in Rome had these (namely the complaints after Nicomedia burned and Trajan's letters to Pliny), but where did you get the information that every cohort of vigiles had one? You should really cite your source. I suspect you don't have one. Just another instance of Wikipedia misleading people. 132.235.45.208 (talk) 02:25, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Centones?
Where did you get the information that the centones were meant to smother fires? They were draped between buildings to help prevent the fire from spreading. They were soaked with vinegar (acetum). Where did the idea of fighting fires with "some chemical like vinegar" come from? Did you guys copy and paste this stuff from another site or perhaps just make this up off the top of your head? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.235.45.208 (talk) 02:31, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Location of information on the vigilēs in Justinian's Digest
Where in Justinian's Digest can I find information on the vigilēs? It would make the article more credible, and it would clear up a lot of things for me personally. BrenMan 94 (talk) 16:20, 2 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Nevermind, I found the information in volume one of Justinian's Digest in chapter two section fifteen. BrenMan 94 (talk) 17:02, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Policing came late
As we know, the job of "policing" came late to the stage. Alleged perps were "sued" in court by another citizen until after the civil unrest" exemplified by the gangs of Milo vs Clodius. True even in Greece, where Socrates was "sued" for corrupting the morals of youth. No police arm. No public prosecution arm. This needs to be somewhere, not as a negative inventory, but the way it was done before and afterwards. Student7 (talk) 12:24, 11 October 2015 (UTC)