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Hi. Could you try to help me to solve a problem? According to Yazaman al-Khadim, Salandu is probably Tzamandos, while according to Ahmad ibn Tughan al-Ujayfi is Traianopolis. Do you have any idea about it? It could have more then one name, but I have no memory on a Traianopolis so east indeed.-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 23:09, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
Hello, C -- I was just looking at the article on Augment (linguistics) and trying to follow the examples from Ancient and modern Greek. Some of the examples from Ancient and modern Greek give the English transliteration (is that the right word?) right under or next to the Greek words and others do not. I would find it interesting and helpful to understanding the examples if all the Greek words had English transliteration right under or next to the Greek. Would you be able to add those? CorinneSD ( talk) 01:46, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
Please see the talk page for my rationale on using this namespace and not a pure transcription of his name. -- Jpbrenna ( talk) 22:07, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Marianos Argyros at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah ( talk) 15:48, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Constantine :) Thank you very much for the Barnstar! I really appreciate receiving this award from the person that is in my opinion (I believe shared by most Wikipedians) the most competent and productive contributor to Byzantine Empire-related topics in Wikipedia. I would like to use this opportunity to also thank you for the edits of the article about the Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927 - the quality of my prose is the most challenging issue in a GA or FA nomination, and I greatly appreciate any input that can improve it. Best regards, -- Gligan ( talk) 21:02, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
Αξιότιμε Κύριε, επειδή γράφω από Ελλάδα παρακαλώ επιτρέψτε μου να χρησιμοποιήσω την Ελληνική. Θέτω υπ όψιν σας ότι ο βασιλέας ,μακαριστός Νικηφόρος Β΄Φωκάς όταν κατέλαβε την Κρήτη έφερε και το αξίωμα του "Μαγίστρου" (Magister). Αναφορικά με τα οφφίκια και αξιώματα του Νικηφόρου Β΄ Φωκά, αν ενδιαφέρεσθε, προσφύγετε σε Βιβλιοθήκες ημεδαπής και αλλοδαπής. Για ερευνητές και αναγνώστες υφίσταται εν προκειμένω άπλετη βιβλιογραφία στην Ελληνική και άλλες Γλώσσες Κατά συνέπεια φρονώ πως κακώς αφαιρέσατε τον εν λόγω τίτλο από άρθρο που επεξεργαστήκατε. ΄Οπως καταλαβαίνετε "και οι κρίνοντες κρίνονται" ! Καλή συνέχεια στα έργα σας.--- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.129.130.189 ( talk) 10:12, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
Αξιότιμε Κύριε, η προσθήκη δεν έγινε για υποστήριξη του εν λόγω τίτλου του Αυτοκράτορος Νικηφόρου Β΄Φωκά, πράγμα εμφανές στην παρατεθείσα βιβλιογραφία αναφορικά με την κατάληψη της νήσου Κρήτης απ τις δυνάμεις του τότε Μαγίστρου και Μ.Δομεστίκου των Σχολών της Ανατολής Νικηφόρου Φωκά. Απλώς έγινε επισήμανση λάθους, η δε αναφορά στο "και οι κρίνοντες κρίνονται" δεν συνιστά κατηγορία ή αφορισμό για οτιδήποτε. Σημαίνει πως κανένας δεν είναι πάνω από κρίση (και μάλιστα καλοπροαίρετη). Πολύ δε περισσότερο όταν έχει την "εξουσία" να διαγράφει, να εξετάζει και να κρίνει. Δεν αμφισβητώ τις γνώσεις σας , τις οποίες παραθέτετε συνοπτικά. Πιθανόν δε ο γράφων να έχει αναλωθεί σε χώρους Ιστορίας και Δικαίων της περιόδου. Ας αφήσουμε λοιπόν τις παραθέσεις σεβαστών γνώσεων. Θεωρώ σφάλμα την εν λόγω αναίρεση. Αλλά δεν θα ασχοληθώ περισσότερο με αυτό. ΄Ενας νομικός και διδάκτωρ του Δικαίου. Υ.Γ. Καλή πορεία προς "διδακτορία" αν επιδιώκετε τέτοια τιμή. - — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.129.130.189 ( talk) 12:09, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
Απορώ και εξίσταμαι ! Σας εύχομαι καλή "διδακτορία" , δηλαδή καλό διδακτορικό για να το πούμε απλά, και εσείς το ερμηνεύετε σαν "δικτατορία" ? Θεέ και Κύριε !!! Και κάτι τελευταίο : Να γνωρίζετε πως όπως κρίνετε, κρίνεσθε. Εμμένω σε ό,τι έγραψα και λυπάμαι αν ο λόγος μου παρερμηνεύεται. Πάσα άλλη κριτική εν προκειμένω παρέλκη αγαπητέ. Καλή τύχη στα επιτηδεύματα σας.--- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.129.130.189 ( talk) 12:30, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
Από εμένα το θέμα θεωρείται λήξαν. Αναφορικά με την παραπομπή : κάλυπτε πλήρως την κατάληψη της νήσου Κρήτης από τις δυνάμεις του Νικηφόρου Β΄Φωκά "(Ελ) Νικφούρ". Στο αρχείο σας υφίσταταιη αναφορά στο σχετικό βιβλίο και υπάρχει στη Βιβλιονέτ, Worldcat κ.ά. Σκοπός της παραπομπής δεν ήταν η καταγραφή του τίτλου "Μάγιστρος" (Magister), η οποία απλώς προέκυψε. Γνωρίζω το σχετικό βιβλίο (δίτομο) το έχω μελετήσει και στις τρείς εκδόσεις του Στη Β΄. και Γ΄. των εκδόσεων του φέρει "τιμής ένεκεν" συγχαρητήριο Πατριαρχικό και Αρχιερατικό Γράμμα. Η εν λόγω Ιστορική Μελέτη έχει κριθεί θετικά απ την εποχή που κατετέθη μέχρι σήμερα. Το κείμενο είναι γραμμένο στην Ελληνική. Αυτά είναι τα γεγονότα και η άποψη μου. Δεν έχω να προσθέσω τίποτε άλλο. Και πάλι, τα άριστα.( 79.129.130.189 ( talk) 13:29, 4 July 2015 (UTC))
Επιτρέψτε μου να επανέλθω χωρίς καμιά εριστική διάθεση και ελπίζω να μην θεωρηθεί ο λόγος μου σαν "παρενόχληση". Μελέτησα πλήρως το καθεστώς της ΒΙΚΙΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ και τα δικαιώματα των αρμοδίων, διαχειριστών κ.λ.π. Αν και διαφωνώ με κάθε είδους "υπερεξουσία" σαν πολίτης και νομικός, αποδέχομαι τους ισχύοντες κανονισμούς και εύχομαι τα καλύτερα σε κάθε χρήστη που θα εξακολουθήσει να προσφέρει γνώσεις, κόπο, εμπειρία ή και κύρος στη ΒΙΚΙΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ, της οποίας η αίγλη εύχομαι να αυξάνεται. Ανέμενα μετά τις ανωτέρω εξηγήσεις αναθεώρηση της εν λόγω αναίρεσης σας. Ενημερώθηκα για τίς "εξόχως έγκυρες πηγές". Ακατανόητο παραμένει για την ταπεινότητα μου γιατί αφαιρέθηκε τέτοια πηγή απ τη βιβλιογραφία ή δεν υφίσταται στην ίδια βιβλιογραφία (σαν πηγή) πόνημα του κ.Γ. Τσερεβελάκη ή άλλων ικανών, που υφίστανται στο λήμμα "Νικηφόρος Β΄Φωκάς" . Μήπως επειδή είναι στην Ελληνική ? Θα ήταν αδιανόητος επιστημονικά ο αποκλεισμός βιβλιογραφίας λόγω "γλώσσας" ! Δεν θέλω να σας κουράσω περισσότερο με τις εν προκειμένω σκέψεις μου, ούτε (προς Θεού) να θεωρηθεί ότι επιδιώκω εύνοια ουδενός. "Εξουσίαν έχετε και αυθεντίαν ασκείτε" ! Η διαφωνία μου παραμένει και απέρχομαι. Εύχομαι η πορεία της ΒΙΚΙΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ και πάντων των εν αυτή να είναι μεστή φωτισμού και δικαιοσύνης 79.129.130.189 ( talk) 13:42, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
Σας συγχαίρω για τα άρθρα σας ! 'Ομως θέλω να επισημάνω πως παρακάμπτετε (?) την εξήγηση μου ότι η τοποθέτηση του οφφικίου του "Μαγίστρου" (Magister) στον Νικηφόρο Φωκά (κάτι που δικαιούται ο μακαριστός), απλώς προέκυψε. Η δε τοποθέτηση της βιβλιογραφίας ως είχε ήταν για την κατάληψη της Κρήτης απ τον Νικηφόρο Φωκά. Πάντως χαριτολογών θα ήθελα να επισημάνω πως καλόν θα είναι η ΒΙΚΙΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ να αναρτήσει επιγραφή στην οποία να εξηγεί στους μελλοντικούς χρήστες πως πρέπει να θέτουν τις συνεισφορές τους ενώπιον της κρίσεως των διαχειριστών και κατόπιν της εγκρίσεως τους να τις παρουσιάζουν (!) Θέλετε να παραδεχτώ πως κακώς προσέθεσα τον τίτλο magister στον τότε στρατηγό Νικηφόρο Φωκά, αν και τον κατείχε ο άνθρωπος ? Να το πράξω, καθ επιθυμίαν σας. ΄Ομως ξανακαταθέτω και τελειώνω οτι ο σκοπός της παρεμβολής και προσφοράς βιβλιογραφίας ήταν ο ως άνω. Εγώ κατέθεσα και εγώ φυσικά γνωρίζω τι έπραξα. Πάσα άλλη ερμηνεία είναι εν προκειμένω εσφαλμένη και αυθαίρετος ως προς τις προθέσεις μου και κατά συνέπεια δεν μπορώ να την δεχτώ. Γι αυτό και σας παρακαλώ να μην με ερμηνεύσετε πλέον επ αυτού εφ όσον εξηγήθηκα κατ επανάληψιν σεβόμενος πλήρως την δικαιοδοσία σας. Τα λοιπά που ευγενώς αναγράφετε τα διάβασα. Η εν προκειμένω διαφωνία μου παραμένει και εύχομαι η άλλη άποψη να είναι πάντα σεβαστή 79.129.130.189 ( talk) 15:06, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your "thanks". I wonder if you have any more on the history of Amorion and Emirdağ. The Emirdağ article is very vague about its pre-modern history and even its Ottoman name! Was it named Emirdağ until it was renamed to Aziziyye? -- Macrakis ( talk) 15:31, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
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In translating this article, I had some trouble with the clause "...παρότι το 2007 συγκέντρωσε περισσότερους σταυρούς σε σχέση με το 2004 που εξελέγη." I know what σταυρός means, of course, but in this context I had trouble translating it. I put "...although 2007 consolidated most points in connexion to the 2004 election." I am assuming that σταυρός here means cross as in "cross/X on ballot", but I also considered that it might have something to do with the places where electoral sub-boundaries cross, i.e. "districts", "precincts" in English. Since I wasn't sure, I used "points" which can imply either total vote points earned or the points on a map in English. The Greek phrase in the original source cited by the Greek article I would translate by adapting an American English phrase "Always a parliamentary bridesmaid, never a parliamentary bride" in reference to her 2007 and 2009 candidacies, but it's still not clear to me what the "crosses" are. (Παρά τα ομολογουμένως πολλά προσόντα της, στις εκλογικές αναμετρήσεις του 2007 και του 2009 έμεινε εκτός βουλευτικού νυμφώνος. Ακόμη όμως και η αποτυχία για μια Ελενα Κουντουρά μεταφράζεται τελικώς σε επιτυχία. Μπορεί, λοιπόν, για παράδειγμα το 2007, να μην εξελέγη, αλλά από την άλλη είχε αυξήσει τους σταυρούς της σε σχέση με το 2004). Can you help me translate this more precisely? Also, in the same article, I cited a Greek source saying (I believe) that her husband was a fixer, but again I'm not positive, since it just says that he was fixing. The source says "...επιχειρηματίας και φτιάχνει την εκδοτική εταιρεία Δάφνη Επικοινωνίες..." I'm more confident on that section, but I still wanted to ask what you think.-- Jpbrenna ( talk) 19:43, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
The article Michael I Komnenos Doukas you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Michael I Komnenos Doukas for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Calvin999 -- Calvin999 ( talk) 17:20, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
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On 17 July 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1630 Crete earthquake, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that various dates have been attributed to the 1630 Crete earthquake, which occurred in the Kythira Strait? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1630 Crete earthquake. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 12:16, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
Unfortunately Rolandi+ is still editing in an inappropriate way. I wonder why he insists that the Tocco-era despotate included also regions of southern Albania [ [1]]. Correspondent bibliography (Nicole etc) claims that nothing north of Filiates-Pogoni was under Tocco's rule. To be precise, Argyrokastron-Zagorie-Dropull-Vouthroton (all regions in the Albania part of the present border) were not part of his realm. Alexikoua ( talk) 16:53, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
If this is true,everything is OK.The article said Despotate of Epirus which has controlled areas from northern Greece to southern Albania.However it OK,and maybe a peer reviewed material would help in the future.
And maybe Alexikoua doesn't need to say "typical manipulation of sourced content" in the future,as all editors have an explanation for their contributions. Rolandi+ ( talk) 08:18, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
On 20 July 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Marianos Argyros, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Byzantine nobleman Marianos Argyros supported Stephen Lekapenos in the overthrow of his father, Romanos I Lekapenos, and only weeks later supported Constantine VII in sidelining Stephen? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Marianos Argyros. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Gatoclass ( talk) 12:52, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
I responded to a request at WP:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests to copy-edit the article Simeon of Verkhoturye. I've left a comment or two at the editor's talk page at User talk:Tomcat7/2015/July#Simeon of Verkhoturye, but left more as notes to editors (visible only in Edit Mode) after a number of "clarification needed" tags that I placed as I was reading the article. I figured Tomcat7 would remove them as s/he addressed the issues I raised. In spite of the user name, I believe this editor may be a non-native speaker of English, so there was a lot of work to do. I thought you might like to read this article. You might give the editor a day or two to read and respond to my questions and concerns, but after that you might be able to help him/her or make some other edits to the article. I am particularly concerned with the large number of terms for religious clergy that don't seem to be English terms, or at least are unusual to the average reader. Maybe some links could be added. CorinneSD ( talk) 01:43, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
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On 28 July 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Thomas Asen Palaiologos, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Thomas Asen Palaiologos, a Byzantine exile and possible grandson of the governor of Corinth, Matthew Palaiologos Asen, financed the construction of the first Orthodox church in Naples? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Asen Palaiologos. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
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On 28 July 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Matthew Palaiologos Asen, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Thomas Asen Palaiologos, a Byzantine exile and possible grandson of the governor of Corinth, Matthew Palaiologos Asen, financed the construction of the first Orthodox church in Naples? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
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On 29 July 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Empire of Thessalonica, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the bid of the Empire of Thessalonica to recover Constantinople and re-establish the Byzantine Empire failed when it was defeated by the Bulgarians at the Battle of Klokotnitsa? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Empire of Thessalonica. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
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On 1 August 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Arab nobleman Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath led a major rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate in 700–703? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
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On 3 August 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Michael I Komnenos Doukas, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Michael I Komnenos Doukas, ruler of Epirus, fought with the Bulgarians against the Latins, and with the Latins against the Bulgarians? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Michael I Komnenos Doukas. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Gatoclass ( talk) 11:12, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas, I was just wondering if you know by chance when exactly the Greeks started to use name "Γεωργία" for Georgia in Greek and when and why they stopped to call it as Iberia? Jaqeli 15:03, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi, may I ask you to check if all your review comments have been addressed? Thanks MisterBee1966 ( talk) 06:15, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
Please do not move pages to "(disambiguation)" titles without consensus, as you did here. This violates WP:MALPLACED. bd2412 T 16:37, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
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I placed Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid in the "Royalty and nobility biographies" section of Wikipedia:Featured articles. Can you take a look and confirm that's appropriate? I could see an argument for placing it in Warfare biographies, but it seems that most anyone who was nobility is placed in the former regardless of their military importance. -- Laser brain (talk) 01:01, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
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Hi, firstly I reverted that "elect" PM like you, but then I made selfrevert as I found out that he is a probably really "prime-minister designated" due to office as leader of the opposition, see infobox in Greece. Now I try to understand Greek Constituion, because eg. Italian wikipedia claims that Vasiliki Thanou is a new "acting" prime minister (Chief of Supreme Court). Can you say, where is the truth? Thank you.-- Kacir ( talk) 15:37, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I was trying to translate one of your articles about the frankish Peloponnese on el@wiki, when I found the name "Saint George in Skorta". How would it be possible for me to translate it in Greek ? Maybe as "Άγιος Γεώργιος των Σκορτών" ? Thanks in advance for your help and sorry for any english mistakes. -- Montjoie-Saint-Denis !!! talk 07:50, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
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On 4 September 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Abbasid Samarra, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim founded the new capital of Samarra to avoid clashes between his foreign troops and the populace of Baghdad? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Abbasid Samarra. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
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On 4 September 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Al-Mu'tasim, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim founded the new capital of Samarra to avoid clashes between his foreign troops and the populace of Baghdad? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
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Hello; I am beginning to comprehend your explanation on this issue, and I have recently looked at the Acting Prime Minister article. I've always thought the words "acting" and "interim" mean the same thing, as they did in my belief. You say that "acting" means replacing/substituting the actual PM; this is not the case here, she "is" the PM, her role is interim..., though I never actually knew this. I may have made a few edits changing "acting" to "interim", and if this had been a mistake then I must change them back. Do you any other interim leaders (instead of acting) in charge at the moment, or could she be the only one? Many thanks. Neve-selbert ( talk) 09:51, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi Neve-selbert! Not that I know of, but that doesn't mean anything. I am just interested in and know about Thanou because I am Greek... Constantine ✍ 10:05, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Hello Constantine! Could you please share you knowledge to help me with a big problem? I created the Portuguese version of Philadelphion ( here) and during the expansion I made I had problems about how the sources describe the Philadelphion. According to Byzantium 1200, Nevra Necipoğlu and J. A. S. Evans, Philadelphion was a square and inside it there was the Constantinopolitan Capitol build by Constantine. Ok so far, but according to other sources I found here, Philadelphion was a structure, not just a square, and that's why I'm confused about what Philadelphion is indeed. If I consider that Philadelphion was a structure, so what is the Capitol?-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 05:32, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Constantine – How are you? I was just skimming the article Vila Franca do Campo (which I got to out of curiosity after looking for the diving sites mentioned in some of the links at the bottom of the High diving article, this week's Wikipedia:Today's article for improvement, (week 37, 2015)), and I was puzzled by something in the lead. It says it is a town on the island of Saõ Miguel, and then in the History section goes on to say that Saõ Miguel is named after the Archangel Michael, or Saint Michael, and that the town's coat-of-arms contains the motto Quis sicut deus, which it translates as "Who is like God?" I only had a year of Latin, so I'm not sure whether Quis sicut deus is really a question, or could be either a question or a statement, but there is no question mark on the coat-of-arms itself, and in the same paragraph in the History section it says the name Michael in Hebrew means "he who is like God". I'm wondering whether Quis sicut deus was written as a question in error. I think "He who is like God" makes more sense given the meaning of "Michael". Maybe it has evolved into a question over time, but in the absence of evidence for that, don't you think it should be translated as "He who is like God"? Corinne ( talk) 22:19, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
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Hello, Constantine - I was just looking at the latest edit to Corinth [2], and I saw at the beginning of the article a tag asking for more sources that has been there since 2010! I don't know about this particular edit. It just added one more bit of unsourced information. If you have time, do you feel like looking at this article? Corinne ( talk) 00:43, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
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I don't think there is a "correct" transliteration, especially when it comes to this particular name. I think we should stick with the official transliteration of the Hellenic Army website. Gtrbolivar ( talk) 09:23, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
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I was going through the stale requests at the RX and came across your request from June 2012 about Byzantine Heraldry. I was only able to find one of the unfulfilled requested articles. This is an article from Archaeology by Jennifer Wood. If you would still like to receive this reference, you can email me and I'll be happy to send it over.
Good day, Cplakidas! Firstly... I want to thank you for improving quite a bit Helena Doukaina Angelina. Secondly - what is the proper transliteration of her Greek name in English - Eleni, Helena, Helen or Helene? And thirdly - don't you think it's a bit strange that John I Doukas and his wife named two of their daughters Helena (Queen Helena and Helena, wife of William de la Roche)? I am little confused about that... Anyway, thanks again, indeed, and answer when you will have a time! Bye!-- Miha ( talk) 08:02, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Cplakidas, just interested how does the Greek/Byzantine sources present Georgians to the Byzantine Empire? Was Georgia considered as an ally or enemy? Jaqeli 16:01, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Hello Constantine, just now I came back to my request of 8 May 2015 concerning the Serbian sebastocrator Kersak (Isaak Doukas). Many thanks for your translation/interpretation! Jürgen 217.83.5.138 ( talk) 18:38, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Hello Constantine, do you know any primary sources or literature about "Theodosios Kyprios, usurper in Constantinople 1402" or the historical context of this usurpation, respectively? According to the only secondary text I found online about him, he was "one of the leading men in court in 1414". Thanks Jürgen 217.83.5.138 ( talk) 18:59, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
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I noticed you have used this book as a reference:Prof.Yaşar Yücel-Prof Ali Sevim:Türkiye tarihi II, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, 1991
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I was just reading the article on Baldus de Ubaldis, and I was puzzled by two things. I wondered if you could shed some light on them. The first is the name "Ubaldis". How did the name get the "s" on the end when in Italian is is "degli Ubaldi" (of the Ubaldis). Why wouldn't it stay "de Ubaldi"? The second is how he and each of his two brothers – all three of them – died in the same year – 1400. That's an incredible coincidence. Corinne ( talk) 02:09, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
In response to a request made at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests, I have just begun copy-editing Trajan. I have a few questions, and I don't know anyone other than you to ask it of. The first paragraph of Trajan#Early life and rise to power, is:
1) The phrase "a province that was thoroughly Romanized and called southern Hispania" does not sound right. I undertand "was thoroughly Romanized" (I read the entire article on Hispania Baetica), but "called southern Hispania" seems kind of tacked on and results in an awkward middle of this long sentence. It's not clear to me who called Hispania Baetica "southern Spain". Was it the Romans? The residents of the Roman provinces of the peninsula? Or is it modern scholars or others? Also, the sentence just said it was "the Roman province of Hispania Baetica". If it was an alternate name for that province, perhaps it should be written that way (also called "southern Spain"). Any thoughts?
2) I think "Of partial Italian stock and ethnically Hispanic" is a little odd. Perhaps "Of partial Italian stock but ethnically Hispanic"? Any thoughts?
3) Regarding the last clause, I read the note that accompanies this, and I still don't understand why it is misleading (and presumably wrong) to designate Trajan the first provincial emperor. He was from a Roman province. Was there another emperor who was really the first provincial emperor?
If you are unable to answer, or don't feel like responding, let me know and I'll copy these questions to the article's talk page. Corinne ( talk) 02:13, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
Seasons Greetings,
This is in reference to a relatively new umbrella article on en-wikipedia named Ceremonial pole. Ceremonial pole is a human tradition since ancient times; either existed in past at some point of time, or still exists in some cultures across global continents from north to south & from east to west. Ceremonial poles are used to symbolize a variety of concepts in several different world cultures.
Through article Ceremonial pole we intend to take encyclopedic note of cultural aspects and festive celebrations around Ceremonial pole as an umbrella article and want to have historical, mythological, anthropological aspects, reverence or worships wherever concerned as a small part.
While Ceremonial poles have a long past and strong presence but usually less discussed subject. Even before we seek translation of this article in global languages, we need to have more encyclopedic information/input about Ceremonial poles from all global cultures and languages. And we seek your assistance in the same.
Since other contributors to the article are insisting for reliable sources and Standard native english; If your contributions get deleted (for some reason like linguistics or may be your information is reliable but unfortunately dosent match expectations of other editors) , please do list the same on Talk:Ceremonial pole page so that other wikipedians may help improve by interlanguage collaborations, and/or some other language wikipedias may be interested in giving more importance to reliablity of information over other factors on their respective wikipedia.
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Constantine, I hope you won't mind another question. In the first paragraph in the article Legio I Minervia, it says "in the Rhine border". Can that be correct? I would think one of these would be better, unless this is specialized military terminology:
What do you think? Corinne ( talk) 23:44, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi, would it be possible for you to take a look on this article and do whatever modifications are needed in order to make it look even better ? Thanks in advance. -- Montjoie-Saint-Denis !!! talk 13:29, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Constantine,
Just a heads-up that the article on Basil I seems to be attracting nationalistic axe-grinders again. Urselius ( talk) 11:18, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Would you be interested in giving your opinion concerning sources on the Basil I talk page? -- Kansas Bear ( talk) 16:54, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Hallo Constantine, I hope that everything is going well for you in Austria! :-) I have a question for you: there was a recent addition on Malta history section, which say that in 395 AD the island joined the Eastern Roman Empire. I looked at bit at it, and found out that some sources confirm it, while others say that it remained with the western part (this looks more logical to me, since both Sicily and Tripolitania were also part of it). On the Notitia Dignitatum I found nothing about the island, except a line about a certain Legio Melitense in the eastern part (but here I think that the reference is to Malatya). Do you know any source that can cut the head to the bull? :-) Thanks and cheers, Alex2006 ( talk) 10:55, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Hello Constantine! Would you know any way I could discover where I need to put the Greek accents in words? Always you have to correct it and I don't understand yet any specific rule about, even if I have to use "ε" or "η" and "ο" or "ω", that's why I always use Google Translator to turn back transliterated words to Greek alphabet and, as you can imagine, Google never put the accents in the right place.-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 18:36, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
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Many thanks Peacemaker67, for your help in achieving this. Cheers, Constantine ✍ 16:23, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
Hello old friend. I just started Abu Muhammad al-Sufyani (mostly to get rid of a redlink in the Palmyra article) and was wondering if you had anymore info about the man. He is basically known for being a pretender to the Umayyad Caliphate at the time the latter was being overtaken by the Abbasids. Also, I recently read the article on Ahmad ibn Tulun, fantastic work as always. -- Al Ameer ( talk) 22:37, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
Hello Cplakidas,
Regarding this edit, I wondered, should we even use the picture at all then? Is it even depicting the siege of 626 at all as the uploader has written in its caption? :-) I know you're much better versed in Byzantine matters than me, so I thought I'd hop by for a sec. Bests - LouisAragon ( talk) 10:48, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Cplakidas -- I was just skimming the article on the Ulichs, and in the lead I noticed this sentence:
I see that the same Greek word is written twice. Since this is not helpful to any reader who does not know Greek, wouldn't it be better to write the first one so English-speaking readers could get an idea of how the word is pronounced? Corinne ( talk) 23:37, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi Constantine,
PLP No. 91373 states John Asanes (brother-in-law of John VI.) was made governor of Peritheorion in 1355 by emperor John V. In the same year, he was promoted from sebastokrator to despot - implying that this promotion had also been made by John V.
But: In 1355, Matthew Kantakouzenos was still in war with John V., and John Asanes had always been a supporter of him and his father. So it would be plausible for me that in 1355 John Asanes had been promoted by Matthew and not by his rival. Is there explicite evidence in the sources (Kantakouzenos, Gregoras) that John Asanes had changed sides after the abdication of John VI. in December 1354 from Matthew to John V.? Thanks for help! Jürgen-- 217.83.3.163 ( talk) 09:58, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi.
Looking back at the discussion we had on Spiro Milos article related to the primary sources,
[9] I find myself in the same position due to the lack of primary sources for articles of
Sami Frasheri,
Naim Frasheri and people of the same family. They are marked as Aromanians though no primary source ever mentions it, and the topic became elaborated only lately. See if you can comment on the
Sami Frasheri's talk page, there is section named "Aromanians".
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Hello Constantine! you could please tell me, who is Wasim that you mentioned in the article Badr al-Mu'tadidi?-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 04:20, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Constantine -- I was just looking at the article Ethnic group, and I noticed in a list of four Greek phrases in Ethnic group#Definitions and conceptual history, three of the four are translated into English, but one is not. I'm wondering if you could provide a translation. Corinne ( talk) 00:25, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Also, while you are there, could you look at two other things?
1) There is an error in the notes, but I don't know how to fix it.
2) You'll see in the revision history that I changed a pull quote to a blockquote. However, now that blockquote starts with a lower-case "c". I tried to access the quote in the source, but couldn't. If that is the beginning of a new sentence in the original, the "c" can be changed to capital. If it isn't the beginning of a new sentence in the original, the "c" should, I believe, be changed to [C] to indicate that it was added here but was lower-case in the original. Are you able to find the quote in the source? Corinne ( talk) 00:42, 1 December 2015 (UTC) Unless, of course, you think it should stay lower-case. Corinne ( talk) 00:43, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
I'm interested in adopting your method of referencing in articles and abandoning the MLA format I use. Alexis Ivanov ( talk) 17:04, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Hey Cplakidas, hope you're doing well :-) Regarding Bishapur; should it receive one of those Roman categories, like "Roman towns in ...."/"Roman towns and cities"? The architecture of the place, art, and foundation was largely made by Romans, but I thought I'd see for your opinion first, so that we dont create/add an obsolete category. The same goes for Rumeshkhan County (I have some source ready to expand that). Bests - LouisAragon ( talk) 15:56, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi Konstantinos,
Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Roman East 50-en.svg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on December 23, 2015. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2015-12-23. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich ( talk) 01:32, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi Contantine, I would like to ask you a favor. I am trying to list the Ottoman ports. But finding the modern equivalents of some romanized Ottoman names is very difficult. So far I had difficulty in the following names: İstandiya (maybe a port around Crete), Siray and İstanpali (around Rhodes). I also couldn't determine whether Vati is in Kalymnos or in Samos. Can you please give your opinion on these. Thanks. Nedim Ardoğa ( talk) 13:44, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
Hey Constantine,
Hope things are going well. I'm currently doing some work on a number of Tahirid-related articles and I had some questions on Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir; since you created the article, I thought I might pose them to you before making any changes:
1) According to Ibn Isfandiyar ( link), Muhammad was the governor of Tabaristan from ca. 845 to 851 on behalf of Tahir ibn 'Abdallah. Ibn Isfandiyar is a relatively late source, however, and I've been unable to find any secondary or earlier primary sources that confirm this information. Have you happened to come across a reliable source that mentions this?
2) Is there any reason to use Iraq Ajami instead of Jibal?
3) "Iraq Ajami, along with the provinces on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea, also came under Muhammad ibn Abdallah's jurisdiction. In the latter, Gurgan and Tabaristan, he had appointed his brother Sulayman..." This is indeed what the cited source (Bosworth) says, but I think it's possible that the source itself may be incorrect here. Both al-Tabari ( here) and Ibn Isfandiyar state that Sulayman was actually acting on behalf of Muhammad ibn Tahir, the governor of Khurasan, and both the Encyclopedia of Islam and Encyclopedia Iranica articles on the Tahirids agree. Al-Tabari does say that the revolt of 864 was at least partially caused by the abuses of Muhammad ibn 'Abdallah's agents who were managing his estates in western Tabaristan, but I don't think that he was Sulayman's superior.
Thanks, Ro4444 ( talk) 21:09, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
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Hello Constantine! I'm creating the Portuguese version of the article about this monastery using Kazhdan, and according to him V. Grumal suggested that the building was established by Saint Photios of Thessaly in the early 11th century. Do you have any information about this Byzantine saint in your prosopographical sources?-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 01:39, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
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Hello friend. I think there is a problem with the introdution of this article. Who fought with Ahmad ibn Tulun was his brother, not him as is described. Cheers.-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 04:03, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
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Hi friend. who is the "Suml" mentioned in John Kourkouas' article? I see the name just there and comparing it with our list of Abbasid governors of Tarsus, who was in office at that moment was Thamal al-Dulafi, not "Suml". But there is another problem. In Thamal al-Dulafi's article, there is no information about any engagement between him and Kourkouas despite the latter was militarily active at that moment.-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 05:58, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
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Hi again. Could you please help me to put the things clear in my mind? According to Abu Firas al-Hamdani, in 952 he fought with the Byzantines lead by Bardas Phokas the Younger and his son Constantine Phokas near Mar'ash when they tried to obstruct Sayf al-Dawla's refortification of Ra'ban and Mar'ash. But according to the article of the battle it happened one year after and there is no mention to Abu Firas' participation. And according to Sayf al-Dawla's article, indeed the battle happened in 953, not 952, and again there is no mention to Abu Firas' participation.-- Renato de carvalho ferreira ( talk) 23:02, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
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Would be grateful if you could translate the following quote to English ( context):
"Ποτέ δεν έκρυψα ότι είμαι αλβανικής καταγωγής. Αυτό θα ήταν ασέβεια προς την πατρίδα των γονιών μου και πολλών συγγενών μου. Είμαι και Έλληνας πολίτης. Στην Ελλάδα μεγάλωσα, εκπαιδεύτηκα, έμαθα ποδόσφαιρο. Στη χώρα που υποδέχτηκε την οικογένειά μου και την οποία τιμώ όπως μπορώ." 37.46.188.80 ( talk) 15:14, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
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Hello, Cplakidas. Recently, I created a Category:Metropolitans of Adrianople with a link to the Greek and Bulgarian wikipedias. I think it is similar to the Category:Bishops of Adrianople that you created. The other 2 wikipedias don't acknowledge the existence of your category page. I propose that the two category pages to be merged if you think it is necessary. Zee money ( talk) 06:15, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
Hey! How are you doing? Hope you had a Merry Christmas :-) I was wondering (just regarding something little); am I missing something or is there a clear reason as for why Fifty-Year Peace Treaty isn't added to the info box of the Lazic War? Didn't the treaty finalize the war after all? - LouisAragon ( talk) 23:02, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
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Hello, have a great new year and greetings from elwiki. I'm writing here (in english, since this may be of interest to other editors of enwiki) asking you to keep an eye on a peculiar and persistent vandal that frequently appears here as well as on elwiki - maybe much more over there. Sometimes I hesitated, whether I'm right reversing the guy or not, however the pattern was too strong to ignore.
There is one of his latest edits and here is its elwiki counterpart: 10 minutes apart, same IP, same target, same kind of edit. There are dozens more in elwiki all having the same pattern, changing details of military career with a peculiar bent on artillery. (Of course they are all are reversed). That's very insidious as such small details look 100% legit, especially for the most obscure people, and may be unnoticed for a very long time; yet it's pure vandalism. -- cubic[*]star 20:01, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi, just to let you know that your hook was 218 characters long (DYK maximum is 200, and shorter is better). It is now in Prep 5, and I shortened it there. Yoninah ( talk) 17:24, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
The article Ahmad ibn Tulun you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ahmad ibn Tulun for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of FunkMonk -- FunkMonk ( talk) 22:42, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
The article Theodore Komnenos Doukas you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Theodore Komnenos Doukas for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 22:43, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
On 5 January 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ahmad ibn Tulun, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Turkish slave-soldier Ahmad ibn Tulun established the first local dynasty to rule Egypt since the Pharaohs? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ahmad ibn Tulun. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 00:01, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
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Great work on bringing Ibn Tulun to GA! Oncenawhile ( talk) 01:14, 5 January 2016 (UTC) |
Thank you Oncenawhile, much appreciated! I look forward to bringing this to FA soon! Best regards, Constantine ✍ 11:04, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
To close resource request Byzantine heraldry articles I send the three articles to you.
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Battle of Hama you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Catlemur -- Catlemur ( talk) 22:41, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Constantine Diogenes you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ian Rose -- Ian Rose ( talk) 06:40, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
On 11 January 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Theodore Komnenos Doukas, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Theodore Komnenos Doukas founded the short-lived Empire of Thessalonica and came close to restoring the Byzantine Empire before his defeat and capture by the Bulgarians? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Theodore Komnenos Doukas. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
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Fair enough he came from Alexandria, thanks for adding this, but as he lived in Constantinople he can also be categorized as people from Constantinople. See Wikipedia:Categorization_of_people#By_place. Marcocapelle ( talk) 21:12, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
The article Constantine Diogenes you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Constantine Diogenes for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ian Rose -- Ian Rose ( talk) 10:41, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
Hello Constantine, hope you have a nice time. I remember you are one of the experts on the subject, thus your advice will be invaluable in the case here [ [11]] about the Albanian involvement in the specific operations. Alexikoua ( talk) 08:32, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
Hello, Constantine -- I'm reading the article Gospel of Matthew, and at the end of the section Gospel of Matthew#Sources I saw some repetition. Can you take a look at it and see if it needs fixing? Corinne ( talk) 16:49, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
Here is the passage. I've put into bold what looks like a repetition:
– Corinne ( talk) 16:51, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
Battle of Fakhkh, is spelled wrong. It is just one Kh instead of two. Alexis Ivanov ( talk) 07:44, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi Alexis Ivanov! Are you sure? Because the translation of Tabari uses "Fakhkh". That's where I got it from. Constantine ✍ 07:54, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
I just used a modern source (The New Cambridge History of Islam,volume 1 page 407) and to me surprise there is a usage of the word Fakhkh, yet the Arabic and Persian pronunciation and spelling contains only one "Kh". I will let the article stay as it is in the meantime, I will look into it more Alexis Ivanov ( talk) 08:04, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Hello, I'm Lukaslt13. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Talk:Utigurs has been undone because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Lukaslt13 --Talk 18:25, 24 January 2016 (UTC)Lukaslt13
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Hello Cplakidas,
Thank you for your history contributions, first off all! I had been reading up on my Byzantine history, and came across a passage that didn't quite sit well with me. The topic was Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian Dynasty under the heading Final Years (of Leo III). Describing his Ecloga, it is said "Christian influence is evident in the marked decrease of crimes subject to capital punishment, but the collection conversely expanded the use of mutilation, perceived as more humane, as punishment."
This statement implies that the moral superiority of a Christian belief led Emperor Leo to do away with a number of capital punishments. I have not read Ecloga, so I am not sure which capital punishments were discarded. However, it did make me curious. I wonder if any of them were the ones instituted by Emperor Theodosius about 250 years earlier. His institution of a wide range of capital punishments were also Christian influenced.
I can see how the quoted sentence may have been used to describe Emperor Leo's motives, and may have been innocent enough. However, it can also be seen as biased and from a certain POV. As comparing the institution of laws, we can compare Leo on the one hand, as being influenced to do away with capital punishments due to his Christian faith, or on the other hand Theodosius, whose pious Christian belief led him to institute many offenses punishable by death in order to force Christianity onto his subjects. Either way, the implication the sentence has on the basis of a religious belief as a source of morality is a POV and biased, even if it does come from a source.
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