Talk:Gallia Aquitania

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Contents 1 Moulin Chokshi 2 Rob Jackman 3 Alex Sandhu 4 Anise K. Strong

[edit] Moulin Chokshi

Very thorough article that covers the breadth of Rome's reign over this area. You could include a contents section so that people could directly link to the history section or other section. When taking information from sources in your reference section, it may just be better to have a superscript 1 for the first source, 2 for the second, and so on so that you don't rewrite the author and year it was published each time. Also, you may want to include any important Romans who came from that region. "Two hundred thousand fought against Quintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus and against Domitius Ahenobarbus (Domitian." Parenthesis is needed after Domitian. It would be interesting to know what present or past cities exist in this region. " Early Roman Gaul came to an end late in the 3rd cent." Write out the word century. You also might want to alphabetize your reference section. "With the reorganization of the provinces by Diocletian, Gallia Aquitania was split into three provinces, Aquitania Prima, Aquitania Secunda, and Aquitania Tertia or Aquitania Novempopulana (modern Gascony), within the Diocesis Viennensis of the Praetorian Prefecture for Gauls." You may want to explain what this Diocesis Viennensis of hte Praetorian Prefecture for Gauls is. I tried looking it up but couldn't find an explanation. Finally, in your references, you may want to narrow it down and say which part of these large books, like Historia Augusta, you actually used. This article is very extensive and really does give a clear overview of the region —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MoulinChokshi (talk • contribs) 21:07, 14 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Rob Jackman

I agree with Moulin's positive take on your article. Good job. In terms of the references, you should think about avoiding citations within the text. Use the reference command that wikipedia provides - this would give readers the added bonus of knowing which pages you refer to. Though I don't know the wikipedia convention, my understanging is that sources do not need to be alphabetized in citations (that would make it a bibliography.)

The content is just fine, but there are a few things I'd like to know more about. How and why were the provinces of Gaul realigned under Agrippa? How and why were they realigned later? Did the people of Gallia Aquitania identify with Rome during the period of Roman control? If so, who identified themselves in such a manner and why? This might follow your observation that 'Gaul' as a nation was not a natural unit. All in all, good work. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.12.187.235 (talk) 21:44, 15 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Alex Sandhu

Overall a very informative, well-written entry. There is a lot of information that covers the breadth of the topic and relatively well-organized. Good inclusion of images to understand the area. Again, you might consider including Wikipedia annotations as they allow the reader to see the full citation of the source easily.

When one starts discussing the history, one might want to give a little more background and information on how Rome became involved in the area and why Massalia brought Rome in for help. In addition, it is unclear how they went from protecting Massalia to creating "the province." In addition, one might want to explain what "the province" originally was and why it went to war with neigboring tribes. On a grammatical note, you are missing the parantheses on the source "(Domitian."

One many want to find some information about the governance of the region under Roman control. This may include administrative actions, changes to local customs, or any other effects brought about by Roman control. One may also want to consider any longlasting effects of Roman occupation of the region, either culturally or structurally.

Altogether the article is well-linked and well-organized with almost all relevant information.

[edit] Anise K. Strong

Very thorough, well-researched article, and you responded very well to your editors' very helpful comments. Great job - this is a wonderful resource to add to the web.