Talk:Battle of Naissus

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[edit] This article needs very serious overhauling

I wouldn't want to be harsh but the quality of this article is well below the Wikipedia standards. Most of the (entirely uncited) information is fictional (esp. the battle description, user:Panairjdde seems to have contributed much of the fictional material there). Amongst other problems, at least one or more secondary sources should have been mentioned. Looking at the history, one wonders how so many changes (mostly anonymous and without proper summaries) lead to such an inaccurate amount of information. I 'll try to fix these, please let's discuss here any objectionsDipa1965 (talk) 10:46, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Finally I've done it. Some help with the language is surely needed.Dipa1965 (talk) 21:42, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Questions

(I was drawn here from the comments on this article at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Peer review/Battle of Naissus.)

What is the controversy over the two differing years for this battle? I assume this is due to a lack of information to construct a firm chronology at this point, but it would be helpful if a discussion of the problem was added to this article. (Even if it consists of "John Foo believes the battle occured in AD 268, while Kenneth Bar argues for 269" -- Foo & Bar being fictitious examples.)
If my memory is correct, Jordanes also discusses this campaign, although he may not mention Naissus by name. Did he (or Cassiodorus) also draw on Dexippus? -- llywrch (talk) 18:55, 12 May 2008 (UTC)