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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title: Temple of the Sun(Rome)
 * Article Evaluation: This article contains very little context for the temple. It does very little to explain why Aurelian would want a monument to Sol Invictus, other than just to show off. It lacks in relevant, trustworthy sources, and has major gaps in chronology between the 4th and 6th centruy.
 * Sources:
 * Manfred Clauss, Die römischen Kaiser – 55 historische Portraits von Caesar bis Iustinian, ISBN 978-3-406-47288-6, p. 250
 * ^ Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus 35-7
 * ^, chapter 5
 * ^ R. MacMullen, "Christianizing The Roman Empire A.D. 100–400, Yale University Press, 1984, ISBN 0-300-03642-6
 * ^ Gregorovius, Ferdinand, History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. 1, (1894), p. 38
 * ^ R. MacMullen, "Christianizing The Roman Empire A.D. 100–400, Yale University Press, 1984, ISBN 0-300-03642-6
 * ^ Gregorovius, Ferdinand, History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. 1, (1894), p. 38

Option 2

 * Article title: Lava Treasure
 * Article Evaluation: The article describes that the coinage found in this wreckage is one of the most important archeological finds in history, but not why that might be or why that's important. I think the article could use more visual images and it needs to contain more literature; it's an okay start, but would do well for some improvement.
 * Sources:
 * Félix Biancamaria, «Le Trésor de Lava», La fièvre de l'or romain chez les plongeurs corses, Albin Michel, 2004
 * Aurélie Fredy, « Le Trésor des Biancamaria », Quand la pêche aux oursins tourne à la pêche miraculeuse, Elan Sud, 2016.
 * Sylvianne Estiot, The Lava Treasure of Roman Gold. Also in Trésors monétaires, volume XXIV, BNF, 2011 ISBN 9782717724929
 * Aurélie Fredy, « Le Trésor des Biancamaria », Quand la pêche aux oursins tourne à la pêche miraculeuse, Elan Sud, 2016.
 * Sylvianne Estiot, The Lava Treasure of Roman Gold. Also in Trésors monétaires, volume XXIV, BNF, 2011 ISBN 9782717724929

Option 3

 * Article title: Volhynians
 * Article Evaluation: This article takes a lot of direct quotes but does not make an effort to create a neutral, paraphrased perspective. It describes their relationship to the land and several kingdoms that came to claim them over time, but makes little mention of the lifestyles of the Volhynians, or how their culture and creations impacted modern Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus.
 * Sources:
 * Dictionary of the Ukrainian language
 * ^ Plakhonin A. Volynians. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.
 * The Russian Primary Chronicle
 * Great Croatia: ethnogenesis and early history of the Slavs in the carpathian area
 * Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness:Arab travelers in the Far North
 * Great Croatia: ethnogenesis and early history of the Slavs in the carpathian area
 * Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness:Arab travelers in the Far North

Option 4

 * Article title: Sacks of Cordoba(1009-1013)
 * Article Evaluation: The article describes very little of the events of the Sacks of Cordoba, and only mentions that the Ummayyad rule and Jewish population of Cordoba declined. Not really how, or why, or why that is important to the Iberian Peninsula.
 * Sources: The sources listed aren't set up properly in a Chicago Style citation and use direct quotations as a title I guess?
 * Sources: The sources listed aren't set up properly in a Chicago Style citation and use direct quotations as a title I guess?
 * Sources: The sources listed aren't set up properly in a Chicago Style citation and use direct quotations as a title I guess?

Option 5

 * Article title: Dionysupolis
 * Article Evaluation: The article has a nice start to why the area is important; it discusses some of the historical objects discovered in this area across different periods, but these periods are vague and could use some refining. The article also does not talk about who lived there and what they did, or why a statue of Dionysus was so relevant as to name the town after it.
 * Sources: The sources for this article are a couple of books that look promising, but the dropoff is pretty quick with just a couple of references that lead to what looks like a Greek encyclopedia.
 * Sources: The sources for this article are a couple of books that look promising, but the dropoff is pretty quick with just a couple of references that lead to what looks like a Greek encyclopedia.
 * Sources: The sources for this article are a couple of books that look promising, but the dropoff is pretty quick with just a couple of references that lead to what looks like a Greek encyclopedia.