Wikipedia

Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BC)

< Template:Did you know nominations
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 13:34, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK toolbox

Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BC)

(
)
  • ... that in 255 BC a Roman army in Africa was wiped out by an elephant attack? Source: Goldsworthy, Adrian (2006). The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265–146 BC. London: Phoenix. ISBN 978-0-304-36642-2 p. 90; Miles, Richard (2011). Carthage Must be Destroyed. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-101809-6 p. 76
    • ALT1:... that in 255 BC a Roman general was captured after his army was wiped out in Africa. Source: Goldsworthy, Adrian (2006). The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265–146 BC. London: Phoenix. ISBN 978-0-304-36642-2 p. 90; Miles, Richard (2011). Carthage Must be Destroyed. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-101809-6 p. 77

5x expanded by Gog the Mild (talk). Self-nominated at 12:58, 27 March 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.
Overall: AGF on the offline source. Overall, quality article. Both hooks 1 and 2 are hook-y. Ergo Sum 22:07, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Battle_of_the_Bagradas_River_(255_BC)&oldid=952080968"