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Description of Crassus’s use of decimation inconsistent with actual wording of the source cited

Add: [according to some reports,] he treated these with harsh discipline, [after one military defeat] reviving the punishment of "decimation", in which one-tenth of his men were slain to make them more afraid of him than their enemy.

(The source cited says that “some” say Crassus employed decimation _in this particular instance_.)

Calgacus See more

Could we consider adding Calgacus into the see more page? Despite him possibly being completely fictional I think it would be a decent fit regardless. GigaMigaDigaChad (talk) 06:23 AM, 13 Feb, 2024 (EST)

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In the TV series Dinosaur King he is voiced by Eric Stuart 2600:8805:3E08:A200:392A:FF43:3469:2DD4 (talk) 20:46, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 04:38, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Early life, Plutarch, Crassus

chapter 8: ... The first of these was Spartacus, a Thracian of Nomadic stock, possessed not only of ... in sagacity and culture superior to his fortune, and more Hellenic than Thracian.

add this in early life as to show what plutarch thought of his character. 2A02:587:5456:E000:7056:FFA7:F602:D5ED (talk) 13:14, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is already quoted in that section. The ref link is there too for anyone who wants to read further. Ramos1990 (talk) 21:05, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]