Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roman army formations

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was - kept - SimonP 04:22, May 13, 2005 (UTC)

Roman army formations
Nothing in this article that couldn't be merged into Military history of the Roman Empire -- Longhair | Talk 15:12, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. The Romans brought a very technological approach to warfare, and their chief weapon was the phalanx, with locked shields, spears held from each level of the formation, and short swords at the ready to get any lucky man who made it through the spears.  The tortoise was another formation, which was used to break sieges.  There is a lot of scope for a good, solid article here, and this is a good, if modest, start. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 22:13, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as above. Kappa 23:09, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. I am sure that this topic can be turned into a substantial article. Capitalistroadster 01:26, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. As a side note, VfD is not the place to suggest mergings, the talk page is.-LtNOWIS 02:32, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep &mdash; topic is historically important, although I think the title should be "Roman army tactics" to cover other aspects (fortification, siege warfare, &c.) &mdash; RJH 02:36, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and rename to Roman army tactics. Very notable and encyclopedic subject. Klonimus 04:05, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Non-delete :: as apparently merge isn't allowed.--80.40.7.71 20:29, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep -- however move article name to Roman army tactics. - Longhair | Talk 02:05, 3 May 2005 (UTC)


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