Talk:Pertinax/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Iazyges (talk · contribs) 06:02, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Will start soon. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 06:02, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Criteria

GA Criteria
GA Criteria: 1 1.a Y 1.b Y 2 2.a Y 2.b Y 2.c Y 2.d Y 3 3.a Y 3.b Y 4 4.a Y 5 5.a Y 6 6.a Y 6.b Y

• No DAB links Y
• No dead links Y
• No missing citations N Missing citations for:
  1. This currency reform did not survive his death.
  2. thus protecting them from the aftermath of his own assassination. He did however appoint his father-in-law Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus as Praefectus urbi of Rome.
  3. This is in marked contrast to Dio's opinion of both Pertinax's predecessor Commodus and successor Julianus.
  4. Machiavelli considered Pertinax's attempt to reform a soldiery that had become "accustomed to live licentiously" a mistake, as it inspired their hatred of him, which led to his overthrow and death

• @Векочел: The issue of missing citations will need to be addressed, but article is otherwise in good shape. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 06:46, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

  @Векочел: re-pinging. -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 14:57, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

  • @Iazyges: I have added a citation from Machiavelli's The Prince. Векочел (talk) 17:08, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Prose Suggestions

Please note that all of these are suggestions, and can be implemented or ignored at your discretion.

• He fought in the war with the Parthians during the 160s, and success there led to higher-ranking positions in both the military and political spheres, including provincial governor and urban prefect. Suggest:

  He fought in the Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, where his success led him to be promoted to higher-ranking positions in both the military and political spheres, leading to him achieving the rank of provincial governor and urban prefect.

• He was also a member of the Roman Senate, where he was a contemporary of the historian Cassius Dio. Suggest:

  He was a member of the Roman Senate, serving at the same time as the historian Cassius Dio.

• His historical reputation has largely been a positive one, following the assessment of Dio.

  His historical reputation has largely been a positive one, in line with the assessment of Dio.

• He tried to quell the unruly soldiers there but one legion attacked his bodyguard. I believe this should be legionary, unless the entire legion did in fact attack him.
• @Векочел: That is all my suggestions, passing now. -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 04:10, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

Removal of unreliable source

• @Векочел: Pinging to inform you I have removed citations using Canduci, because it is an unreliable source. I've marked removals with a CN template, so adding new citations/culling content should be easy. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 19:33, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Omissions

I'm surprised that there is no mention of his wife, Flavia Titiana the daughter of Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus. (See Historia Augusta, "Pertinax", 5.4; "Didius Julianus" 2.4). This alliance would have confirmed his admission into Senatorial ranks, & based on this alone is worth mentioning. ISTR Flavia & Pertinax had a daughter, but I cannot find any source to confirm that. -- llywrch (talk) 18:38, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Historia Augusta is notoriously unreliable, I'd be wary of accepting any statement made by it as fact. Hemiauchenia (talk) 22:01, 24 May 2022 (UTC)