Talk:Battle of Halys (585 BC)

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the alleged possibility that the Halys has changed its course is without basis. "to meander" doesn't mean "to change course", it just means "having many turns". Whether rivers do that, or whether they change their course, depends on the local topography. What we are looking at is a river flowing through highlands. The "Halys bend" is a major landmark of Hittite geography, and nothing I've ever heard suggests that it has ever changed its course in any significant way, certainly not sufficient to matter on the scale required here. dab (ᛏ) 07:10, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

We are told that the exact date of this battle is known. But is the date given according to the proleptic Julian Calendar, the proleptic Gregorian calendar, or what? PatGallacher 16:19, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] about the eclipse

Does noone else feel that the text in the section on the eclipse: "According to NASA, the eclipse peaked over the Atlantic Ocean at 37.9° N 46.2° W and the umbral path reached south-western Anatolia in the evening hours, and the Halys River is just within the error margin for delta-T provided." is gobbledegook? can someone who knows what delta-T is perhaps make it more accessible to people reading an ancient history article.--5telios 22:52, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Footnotes

In conjunction with conducting a WPMILHIST assessment, here's a ghit resource for an editor who is interested in adding inline footnotes to this article. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:36, 25 April 2008 (UTC)