Talk:Osci
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The details about the other names of Osci are great. It might be nice to have a map of Italy to see where they Osci were settled, like between Latium and Campania. Also, in the 3rd to last sentence, you need to put it in past tense, changing "attack" and "defeat" to "attacked" and "defeated". Also, once you figure out how to work the links, make sure you make the links for terms like locations, Romans, and Thucydides. Romanciv14 20:14, 13 May 2007 (UTC) Hannah
This looks good, and I can see that you've already made all of the changes she suggested, so I have less to say - the links and the map are definitely very helpful. My main suggestion (other than adding the bibliography and references, obviously) would be to clarify the last paragraph. You first explain the history of the 1st Samnite War, but then casually add at the end that it is probably fiction. Maybe just reorganize this paragraph, and state the doubts about the story at the beginning, or make a clearer distinction of what you mean by "fiction of the annalistic tradition" (I think this was the phrase). But overall, good job. -Samantha
This article looks very good from what I can tell. I like the changes you have made in response to the above comments and believe this makes the article stronger. The only thing really left to suggest would be possibly quoting a small portion of Livy's thoughts on the 1st Samnite war instead of just summarizing them. This is very minor and would not add to or take away from the sufficiency of the article; however, it may be a neat little bonus to it. Very well written and good luck with the bibliography portion of the article. ~James
[edit] Peer Review
Hey, you're not in my group but you're sitting right next to me in the library and I thought I'd proof it for you! I enjoyed the article.
Antichus, who was generally regarded as Thucydides source for western history -- This is unclear, is it "Thucydide's" perhaps?
The Oscan name survived through this because -- I'd be more specific about what "this" is.
Being that the Osci were farmers and the Ager Pomptinus contained very fertile land, this area would have been very valuable to them -- I'd take out "being that" and state more that the Osci were farmers, HENCE this area would be valuable to them.
Nice bullet point!
Awesome reference section!
Hope this helps. - Aaron Lee - Differentialpi 01:45, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
