Template:Did you know nominations/Siege of Petra (550–551)
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The result was: promoted by Z1720 (talk) 15:36, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
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Siege of Petra (550–551)
... that at the end of the siege of Petra (550–551), the overwhelmed Persian garrison preferred being burned alive rather than surrendering?Source: Bury, John Bagnell (1889). A History of the Later Roman Empire: From Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 800 A.D.). Vol. 1. Macmillan and Company, p. 449.ALT1: ... that the Romans' problem of battering the fort walls using their heavy machines during the siege of Petra (550–551) was solved by using a primitive one devised by their nomadic allies?Source: Bury, John Bagnell (1889). A History of the Later Roman Empire: From Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 800 A.D.). Vol. 1. Macmillan and Company, pp. 446–7.ALT2: ... that at the end of the siege of Petra (550–551), the Romans found out there was yet another pipe beneath the one they destroyed that was supplying water to the besieged garrison all along?Source: Bury, John Bagnell (1889). A History of the Later Roman Empire: From Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 800 A.D.). Vol. 1. Macmillan and Company, p. 449.ALT3: ... that a particular mixture of sulfur, pitch, and naphtha was used as an incendianry weapon by the defenders during the siege of Petra (550–551)?Source: Bury, John Bagnell (1889). A History of the Later Roman Empire: From Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 800 A.D.). Vol. 1. Macmillan and Company, pp. 447.- Reviewed:
- Comment: The article is about a siege of the Roman-Persian wars, recorded in vivid detail by Procopius.
Improved to Good Article status by ZxxZxxZ (talk). Self-nominated at 15:30, 5 August 2022 (UTC).
AGF on the offline book sources. Newly promoted to GA, no previous DYK. Long enough. Earwig and spot checks find no copyvio, again AGF on offline sources. There are four previous DYK credits, so no QPQ is needed. Prefer ALT2 personally, although ALT0 is also fine. In ALT1, I'm not sure primitive is a useful adjective there, and it isn't one used in the article. ALT3 doesn't seem too interesting on its own. The promoter might consider piping the date from the bolded link, or integrating the years into the text for flow. CMD (talk) 13:10, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
- I would like to change my mind, and propose ALT2, since it is more hookish. I made a correction (pipe -> pipes) since there were three pipes (two destroyed, one missed). I did the piping:
- ALT2: ... that at the end of the siege of Petra in 551 AD, the Romans found out there was yet another pipe beneath the ones they destroyed that was supplying water to the besieged garrison all along? Source: Bury, John Bagnell (1889). A History of the Later Roman Empire: From Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 800 A.D.). Vol. 1. Macmillan and Company, p. 449.
