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The result was: promoted by RileyBugz 私に叫ぼう私の編集 02:23, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus

 * ... that when Marcus Bibulus opposed a law proposed by Julius Caesar he was showered with shit? Source: Holland, Tom, Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic (2004) London: Abacus. ISBN 034911563X p. 227-8; Plutarch, Life of Cato the Younger, 32:2
 * ALT1:... that when Marcus Bibulus opposed a law proposed by Julius Caesar he was publicly soaked with excrement?
 * Reviewed: Six-String Soldiers

Improved to Good Article status by Gog the Mild (talk). Self-nominated at 10:13, 22 July 2018 (UTC).


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 * I favour ALT1 for its more formal language, thus striking out the other. Symbol voting keep.svg Cognissonance (talk) 08:25, 24 July 2018 (UTC)