Talk:Battle of Carthage (c.149 BC)
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I need some information on the Battle of Carthage!!!!
[edit] disambiguation
There are at least 4 Battles of Carthage. This is likely the most famous (for me it is), but we need a disambiguation page, anyway (or something like if you are looking for other meanings...). The other three battles are
gala.martin (what?) 20:45, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
- Good call! Not sure where to move this though - there's some discussion about when the seige started. As soon as that gets sorted out, I agree the page should probably be moved to Battle of Carthage (149 BC) or Battle of Carthage (148 BC). - Vedexent 00:36, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
- As the first is by some way the best known it should be the primary article under this title and this page should be turned into a disambiguation page. PatGallacher 12:43, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
This page as a disambigution page as well? Did you not see Battle of Carthage? The whole multiple-battles disambiguation page has already been set up. This page is already listed as Battle of Carthage (c.149 BC) - Vedexent 13:40, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Should we Merge?
Realistically - the whole Third Punic War has only one major battle that I know of: this one. Should this article be rolled into the Third Punic War article? Are there more engagements in the 3rd Punic war that should be mentioned instead? - Vedexent 23:25, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] why the c.?
Why do we use "c. 149 BC"? (and not just "149 BC"?). I see that other articles are listed just with the date, without the c.. gala.martin (what?) 04:23, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
You of all people ask this after a long discussion of the uncertainty of the start date on your own talk page? No consistent historical starting date could be found - you and I discussed that at length. If other articles are not so listed, it is because many of them have historically documented start times, and others do not but the author(s) decided to unjustly claim certainty of knowledge. - Vedexent 06:37, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry, I just didn't get that c. stands for circa. Generally I write ca. for circa (I do not know why, maybe it was a latin use). So, that's ok. :) gala.martin (what?) 17:03, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Oh, ok :) Yeah - I've seen both uses c. and ca - I guess it doesn't matter which is used, they're both 2 characters long :) Although the circa-ness should be added to the article as well, right now it reads pretty concretely. - Vedexent 17:14, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
