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Petronius Maximus
- ... that after Petronius Maximus angered the king of the Vandals the Vandals sacked Rome so thoroughly that their name is still used to describe wanton destruction? Source: Cameron. The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 14: Late Antiquity: Empire and Successors, A.D. 425–600 pg. 125. Encyclopædia Britannica (1926). Norwich. Byzantium: The Early Centuries pg. 162. Merrills and Miles. The Vandals pg. 9–19.
- ALT1:... that after Petronius Maximus angered the king of the Vandals the Vandals sacked Rome so thoroughly that their name is still used to describe misbehaviour on Wikipedia?
- ALT2:... that after Petronius Maximus angered the king of the Vandals the Vandals sacked Rome and defaced so many objects of cultural significance that defacement is still called Vandalism today?
- ALT1:... that after Petronius Maximus angered the king of the Vandals the Vandals sacked Rome so thoroughly that their name is still used to describe misbehaviour on Wikipedia?
- Reviewed: My 5th nomination, so I will 'cash in' Sultanate of Dahlak.
Improved to Good Article status by Gog the Mild (talk). Self-nominated at 09:33, 22 May 2018 (UTC).
- This is not very accurate. the 455 sack of Rome was in no way through (city not burnt, citizens not murdered etc). Nor did the vandals wantonly destroy anything. What they did was deface the cultural content of Rome, hence why vandalism means defacement, rather than destruction. With that in mind I have drafted ALT2. JLJ001 (talk) 01:26, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
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- Hi Template:U. Apologies for the delay. I was on holiday and wanted to get back to my sources. But on reflection, having a debate on how thorough the sack was is bootless on a DYK nom. Your Alt 2 seems fine to me, probably better than my original. (Alt1 was mostly a joke and I agree that it is too self-referential.) Gog the Mild (talk) 12:12, 29 May 2018 (UTC)