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♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:02, 3 January 2026 (UTC)
Siege of Auximus (539)
[edit]Here are the notes that I took while carefully re-reading this article. I think that a GA reviewer would be likely to make comments and ask for changes in line with these comments. While I don't rule out that I may have misunderstood a few points, I think work is needed to get this to GA and in fact to satisfy criterion b2 for B class. (Yet, b1 appears to be met as it now stands.) Note, as I put on the assessment page, my time online will be limited for next several days.
The phrase “a day from Ravenna” should be clarified; is it a day's march (which in turn might lead to the question of the number of miles and kilometers)
The context for “lifted the siege of Rome” could be explained. Why did the siege of Rome “lead to a Byzantine victory” at Arminium. Because the garrison there was undermanned?
After Belisarius took Arminium, apparently Witigis returned to besiege the Byzantines there in turn. And Narses apparently joined the Byzantines despite the siege at an unspecified date but this is not clear.
The “psychological warfare tactics” used by Belisarius to break the siege at Arminium could be more precisely definied. The link to the article about these tactics provides only general information, not exactly what Belisarius did.
How did the division of Byzantine leadership lead to the destruction of Milan. Forces in the wrong place? Divided forces not strong enough to contest the Gothic attack? Some other reason? Whatever it was, Narses was apparently blamed at least in part leading Narses to be recalled and Belisarius to be given sole command of the Byzantine forces. This should be mentioned with some more detail.
“a well-fortified town atop a hill about 275 m (902 ft) above the sea and it was approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) from the sea” - sentence structure needs revision.
Who were Martin and John? There is no link to these names and they are not otherwise identified.
Camps “too far apart to send reinforcements” needs clarification such as “for the Byzantines to send reinforcements to camps under attack.” In I am reading this correctly when this is followed a sentence or two later with “The Goths were caught by surprise by the speed of the Byzantine army” a possible contradiction with the preceding sentence and the camps being too far apart needs to be clarified
Out of the blue, the Franks enter Italy to attack both the Goths and the Byzantines. When exactly in the sequence of events did this occur and what effect did it have on the siege of Auximus specifically?
The following seems to need some clarification or rewording: “Khosrow I, the Persian leader (shah), began to deteriorate Byzantine-Sassanian relations to start war. Diplomats sent by the Goths arrived in Persia to request that the shah start hostilities with the Byzantine Empire. Recognizing these treats (treaties? Which the Persians apparently acted on?) the Byzantines tried to make peace with the Goths since for Justinian as the Persians posed more dire threat than the Goths (and transferring Belisarius to the eastern front).”
“more strict guarding” - vigilance would seem to be a better word since the failure was not in the guarding of the camp but in allowing messengers from the city to get through to Witigis.
“the defenders requested help from their king. They succeeded this by loudly shouting...” needs clarification. Also, since the preceding subsection moves away from the siege specifically, it should be noted that the “food shortages” were “at Auximus.”
“However, this allowed” - add “diversion” after “this”?
“keeping the morale of the defenders high” seems to be the wrong phrase in context. Might it be simply “to provide relief to the garrison.”
“which also helped end the siege of Auximus” - because there was also a famine at Auximus or because the Byzantines were reinforced or both?
Common words such as “treasury” do not need links to articles about the subject in general.
You can ask another reviewer to step in if I do not get back to this in what seems like a timely manner or if you think that some of my points are mistaken. As to the mistaken, we can actually discuss them here instead, but again with the caveat that I may not be able to get back to this for more than a week. Donner60 (talk) 01:53, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Donner60 I think I have addressed all your comments. Once you are back from your break, let me know your thoughts. A.Cython(talk) 01:20, 8 January 2026 (UTC)
Thank you, by the way
[edit]At first when I read your initial notes, my first thought was, "fuck", and I'll leave your imagination for the tone in my head. But you're right. I was shaving the roast too close to the bone lately and forgetting presentation. My more relaxed stuff is like this, this or this. This major project I've been wrangling is now I'm seeing having the same small tonal problem that I let slip into Zirconic, rushing through it all too fast. But then on Amrom Harry Katz, I didn't rush it. It's weird to see now. It's like both types are fine/can be GA+, but one doesn't feel right. — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 00:29, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Very Polite Person Apologies if my comments felt weird to you. I am happy to help to bring the article to GA status. My opinion is that it needs the extra mile, mostly in tackling some narrative holes/questions. I am not the most experienced editor/reviewer and I might do a mistake or two, but I have good intentions :) A.Cython(talk) 00:38, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
- Like I said, all good. Whether you intended to or not, sometimes everyone needs a "look what you did!" shake. It's a good thing! And thanks. :) — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 00:42, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
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