Talk:List of battles before 601
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Shouldn't the Battle of the Spurs be named Battle of the Golden Spurs? Google gives 430 hits for the first and 413 for the last, so the difference is almost negligable. Moreover, in Dutch/Flemish the battle is known as "Guldensporenslag", not as "Sporenslag". -- Guy
I think the Battle of the Golden Spurs was different from the Battle of the Spurs. I'd just like to say that I don't think sacks of cities, or captures of cities after sieges should be on this list (or the other battle lists, I suppose) john 22:06 3 Jun 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Title of page
I added the Battle of Megiddo which takes place before 1400 BC.
Should the title be changed to 1500 BC - AD 600?
- What about 'List of battles before AD 601'? That would cover any other earlier battles that people might wish to add. jguk 06:48, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I wouldn't mind that, though some may wish for this to be as specific as possible, and I don't know of any battles that happened prior to 1500 BC. Richard Cane 23:32, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Why not more biblical battles?
Surely there are a lot more battles in the Bible that could be listed here? Of course, they'd all have to be marked as being of uncertain provenance, but they should still be there if the battles of Troy and Mount Gilboa are. —Simetrical (talk) 02:42, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I agree. Keeping a battle off this list simply because it appears in the Bible is POV. 139.78.10.1 00:45, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Battle of Claudine Forks or Caudine Forks??
Google gives 22600 hits for the Caudine and only 1190 for Claudine. Besides there is a page about Battle of Caudine Forks and none about Battle of Claudine Forks in wikipedia.-Davi
- That was a typo I guess. It's fixed now, thanks! Adam Bishop 00:45, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Formatting
The formatting of this page seems a bit poor. It's inconsistent, punctuation marks aren't used to put breaks between date, name, and description, etc. Currently it looks like this:
- 479 BC -
- August 20 Battle of Plataea End of the Persian invasion of Greece, Mardonius routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army
- Battle of Mycale Greeks under Leotychidas, King of Sparta, sailed to Asia Minor to attack beached Persian fleet, then destroyed trapped Persian army of 60,000
- 474 BC Battle of Cumae The Syracusans under Hiero I defeat the Etruscans and end Etruscan expansion in southern Italy.
My proposal (I rather like tables):
| Year | Date | Name | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 479 BC | August 20 | Battle of Plataea | End of the Persian invasion of Greece, Mardonius routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army |
| Battle of Mycale | Greeks under Leotychidas, King of Sparta, sailed to Asia Minor to attack beached Persian fleet, then destroyed trapped Persian army of 60,000 | ||
| 474 BC | Battle of Cumae | The Syracusans under Hiero I defeat the Etruscans and end Etruscan expansion in southern Italy. |
The principal problem with this is that it doesn't handle wrapping correctly, which is rather unfortunate. (Why doesn't MediaWiki support <col>? Is there any other way to get the first three columns to not wrap?) Still, there's room for improvement over the current setup, whether through tables or otherwise. Anyone have any ideas? —Simetrical (talk) 01:29, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Battle of Syracuse or Siege of Syracuse?
Should the suppression of Syracuse's rebellion during the Second Punic War be called the Battle of Syracuse or the Siege of Syracuse? This is the battle where Archimedes supposedly used mirrors to sink a roman fleet. 139.78.120.21 21:06, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Renaming Poll @ Battle of Herdonia
I have nominated the "Battle of Herdonia" (212 BC) page to be renamed "First Battle of Herdonia" since there is a Second Battle of Herdonia (210 BC). If you wish to vote, follow this link to that battle's talk page. Roy Al Blue 20:16, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
Current results: Support: 0, Oppose 1. Roy Al Blue 01:32, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Fifth Century Clear!
All fifth century battles listed on this page now have at least a stub. No red links left for that century. Roy Al Blue 01:30, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] First Century Clear!
The same is now true of the First Century A.D. Roy Al Blue 04:05, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Fifth Century BC Clear!
No more red links for the Fifth Century B.C. Roy Al Blue 13:40, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Fourth Century Clear!
The Fourth Century can now be added to the list of centuries with all battle links going somewhere. Roy Al Blue 21:44, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Sixth Century Clear!
I have eliminated the last red link to a battle in the sixth century. Roy Al Blue 02:38, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Third Century Clear!
All red-link battles in the third century have now been made into stubs. Roy Al Blue 03:02, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Second Century BC Clear!
The Second Century BC has all battles filled in with at least a stub now. Roy Al Blue 13:49, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Second Century Clear!
That takes care of the red-link battles in the Second Century. Roy Al Blue 14:52, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Fourth Century BC Clear!
One more century free of missing articles. Roy Al Blue 14:58, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
