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Roman Empire has been listed as one of the History good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

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August 17, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed
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May 18, 2014	Featured article candidate	Not promoted

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This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Jwuerfel. Peer reviewers: Darrendi.

Roman Empire has been listed as a level-4 vital article in History. If you can improve it, please do. This article has been rated as GA-Class.

This article is written in British English with Oxford spelling (colour, realize, organization, analyse; note that -ize is used instead of -ise), and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

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Citation Needed Has Been Found[edit]

Hello! We found a citation that is required for the "Performing Arts" section of the page. The last sentence of the third paragraph says "Instruments are widely depicted in Roman art". Information pertaining to this can be found in Donald Emrys Strong, Jocelyn M. C. Toynbee, and Roger Ling's book Roman Art. I have attached the link to the book on Google Scholar, the page where the validity of this statement can be confirmed is page 65.

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^ https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=mFTYtEWy_H4C&oi=fnd&pg=PA9&dq=instruments+in+roman+art&ots=XT4y1ZjQnk&sig=pGS7dcYEr93KDjzCb3UoFpx7_9c#v=onepage&q=instruments&f=false

Wikipedia needs an article about Salutatio[edit]

Please, make "salutatio", in the article, a clickable word, linking to an article about Roman salutatio.

Do historians use primary historical sources for roman empire history or secondary historical sources?[edit]

Do historians have roman empire scrolls as their primary historical source?

Grammar correction.[edit]

In the section "Transition from Republic to Empire", the word "predominate" should be "dominate".

Semi-protected edit request on 29 October 2021[edit]

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To whom it may concern, I request that the box featuring the Government form of the Roman Empire be edited, because currently, it is written that the Roman Empire was an elective absolute monarchy, but that is wrong… Let me explain… I studied the Government system of the Roman Empire for 2 years, and as far as I know, there still was a Senate (legislative body) under the Empire, although it had very little power. I therefore suggest that the information currently written in the infobox about the Roman Empire being an absolute monarchy be corrected and that it is now written that the Roman Empire was a SEMI-absolute monarchy. Yours sincerely, a Wikipedia user. 2001:171B:C9AB:14A0:ADB5:F900:1294:C74E (talk) 21:39, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Not done: The infobox already says that. Nominally, it was an elective government but defacto it was an absolute government. Melmann 22:00, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

"Absolute monarchy" is quite anachronistic and also wrong. There was a set of constitutional laws that theoretically checked the emperor's power, at least for the Principate. The "semi elected" part is also questionable; some emperors were elected, by the Senate or the Praetorian Guard, others took power by force, most inherited the throne. There was no succession law. I think it's best to remove this part from the infobox. T8612 (talk) 23:28, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Citation needed[edit]

Citation for how the rediscovery of Greek and Roman science and technology formed the basis of Islamic science 122.11.214.134 (talk) 11:44, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

Reference to Plato’s Critias in Geography and demography[edit]

The entry under the section “Geography and deforestation” speaks about Plato’s description of the deforestation. This is hardly relevant, though, as Plato was not directly in contact with the Romans during his lifetime. If he is writing about the deforestation committed by another civilization, then his description is irrelevant and should not be quoted, as the quote is misleading. 62.18.192.73 (talk) 18:28, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

[1] ttps://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=mFTYtEWy_H4C&oi=fnd&pg=PA9&dq=instruments+in+roman+art&ots=XT4y1ZjQnk&sig=pGS7dcYEr93KDjzCb3UoFpx7_9c#v=onepage&q=instruments&f=false

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Wikipedia needs an article about Salutatio[edit]

Do historians use primary historical sources for roman empire history or secondary historical sources?[edit]

Grammar correction.[edit]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 October 2021[edit]

Citation needed[edit]

Reference to Plato’s Critias in Geography and demography[edit]

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Do historians use primary historical sources for roman empire history or secondary historical sources?[edit]

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