Template:Did you know nominations/Siege of Tunis (Mercenary War)

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:36, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Siege of Tunis (Mercenary War)

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Crucified rebels at Tunis

~~... that at the Siege of Tunis Hannibal had ten rebel leaders crucified (pictured) before he was captured when his camp was overrun and nailed to one of the same crosses?~~ Source: Hoyos, Dexter (2007). Truceless War: Carthage's Fight for Survival, 241 to 237 BC. Leiden ; Boston: Brill. ISBN 978-90-474-2192-4, pp. 222, 224.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Belva Cottier

5x expanded by Gog the Mild (talk). Self-nominated at 21:29, 26 October 2020 (UTC).

ALT1: ... that at the Siege of Tunis the Carthaginian general Hannibal was crucified on the same cross to which he had previously nailed a rebel leader?

ALT2: ... that the Carthaginian general Hannibal was crucified on the same cross to which he had previously nailed a rebel leader during the Siege of Tunis?

ALT3: ... that the same crosses were used to crucify leaders of both sides at the Siege of Tunis?

ALT4: ... that leaders from both armies were crucified on the same crosses during the Siege of Tunis?

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
Other problems: - The hook wording is confusing. It took me a while before I understood what you meant.

Image eligibility:

Freely licensed:
Used in article:
Clear at 100px: - The issue with this image is that it is not a photograph or contemporary depiction but 19th century speculation about what it might have looked like. It should not be used as the context cannot be explained adequately in a very short caption.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: (t · c) buidhe 02:13, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi Buidhe and thanks for picking this up, and so promptly! Same alternate, image free, hooks suggested above. Any of them up to scratch? Gog the Mild (talk) 12:23, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
- OK, of these hooks I think ALT1 is best. Should not be run with the image for reasons explained above. (t · c) buidhe 18:37, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

@Buidhe: Yep. Understood. Hence no "(pictured)". Gog the Mild (talk) 18:43, 27 October 2020 (UTC)