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Life-Long Reign

Interesting chap. According to the side-bar, he died on March 7 and continued reigning until July 10. BenedictX 23:59, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Era style

Out of respect for the Nerva-Antonine Dynasty, it would be preferred that "BCE" and "CE" be used instead of "BC" and "AD" since these people had no affiliation, or liking to Christianity. If you object, please provide a valid reason as to why. Lupus Bellator (talk) 20:59, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Personal preference isn't a sufficient reason to change from one convention to the other, per WP:ERA.Cúchullain ^t/c 19:30, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose changing era style, or removing era designation per Plotinus example at WP:ERA. Cynwolfe (talk) 22:00, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in Antoninus Pius

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Antoninus Pius's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Birley, Marcus Aurelius, 114":

From Marcus Aurelius: Birley, 114.
From Early life and career of Marcus Aurelius: Birley, Marcus Aurelius, 114.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 05:15, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Persecution tradition

@Paraskevapius, the primary concern among myself and other editors is the present lack of reliable sourcing for your addition: with religious affairs equally as much as any other subject, a site directly affiliated with an official body representing something is not a good source for claims like this, as it is too close to the subject. We prefer secondary, scholarly sources that document these church traditions. Remsense诉 21:51, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I also understand that you are new, but generally when material is under dispute, its removal is sustained until editors work together on consensus for if and how it can be added to the article. Remsense诉 21:52, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Remsense: I've removed the section again. It's an obvious legend that has no place in a serious historical article. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 09:31, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's not even a well-known story about the emperor, just a random tale essentially, one of many martyrological legends, whose historical value is typically highly dubious. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 09:37, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Aqueducts and drinking water

While reviewing all sources for the life of this emperor, I came across the account that he made for a wide distribution of drinking water through the construction of aqueducts in the city of Rome and beyond. However, he mostly repaired and improved existing aqueducts and only created a new one in Antium (I think), while completing a number that Hadrian had started. So I read the Historia Augusta (translated) and found no reference to his providing drinking water. Since HA is our only source for the account of his life, this part has been added without any reference. Indeed, in 2015 it has been added as a translation of the Italian Wikipedia. But it's a poor one: the Italian article states that drinking water had been accessible to some 200 000 Roman citizens and A.P. had distributed olive oil and wine to an even wider population. There is indeed a reference in H.A. to his distributing these goods freely, however without stating the width of it.

Therefore I propose to remove this unsubstantiated claim. A.P. has been hailed for many good things but not for constructing new aqueducts and making drinking water more widely accessible.

(user Knotwilg, not logged in) 193.239.211.179 (talk) 13:02, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]