Talk:Battle of Lake Trasimene

message: In the surroundings of Tuoro sul Trasimeno, where the battle took place, there are a number of places which, after more than 2000 years, retain a particular meaning: one is Sanguineto (place of blood), of course. Other ones are Ossaia (charnel house, place of bones), Sepoltaglia (place of burial), Caporosso (cape red), Piegaro (subdued place), Preggio (from Peggio, worse), Pugnano (place of battles), Pian di Marte (field of Mars). --Cantalamessa 22:48, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other places with significant names 

message: I have some fairly recent (August 06) pictures of the site and the surrounding area. Should I link them to the article or to the entry on location? --rqde 11:36, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures 

message: "Before this could happen, Hannibal decided to lure Flaminius into a pitched battle, by devastating the area he had been sent to protect."
:In the sentence above, who is 'he'?
::Flaminius  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.103.202.111 (talk) 16:45, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ambiguity 

message: This picture is not correct. The Romans had marched through a first defile, and then through a first section of a beach. Then, they marched through another defile, which opened up onto another beach. Only after their whole force marched through this second beach were they attacked by the Carthaginian force.   . On that page   specifically one can see how the battle really went down, and this accords with the ancient sources as well.SteveMooreSmith3 (talk) 02:58, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect Picture

message: This article was featured as an "On this day..." item on June 21, 2012, but the event occurred on June 21st according to the Julian calendar. Should the date in the article and the "On this day..." item be changed to the date according to the current (Gregorian) calendar? Wkharrisjr (talk) 17:32, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: "On this Day.." error?

message: This is the kind of subjective judgement that wikipedia should really avoid under WP:NPOV (specifically, WP:SUBJECTIVE is relevant).  I don't have access to Liddell Hart's book to check, but if he claims that Trasimene is the greatest ambush in history, we should attribute the claim to him; if he says that other people have claimed it, we should say that "Liddell Hart says that X, Y, and Z believe..."; if he says it is generally accepted, we should say that. What we should not do is assert that Trasimene is the greatest ambush in history as fact. Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 11:05, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Greatest ambush in history?

message: Should it be noted that this battle did not take place at the beginning of summer, but in the mid to early spring?  Due to Roman calendar problems this could have happened in what we now consider April (Mommsen, Bk III, Ch V.) 174.21.7.105 (talk) 18:05, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time of Year? 

message: It says hanibal took over when his father died in 22BC. This should be 228 BCE. 80.189.95.18 (talk) 22:55, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect dates 

message: This article could really use a map (or more than one) of the battlefield, showing the positions and movements of the various forces and units.  The verbal description gets confusing, particularly in that the line of the lakeshore is not now where it was then.  Surely a battle as notable as this has a map of it somewhere. Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 15:49, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. The article is very detailed in other respects but it is surprising not to see a map. Kanjuzi (talk) 09:55, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no requirement for maps at FAC, although they are a nice extra. Sadly, the map added does not match the text nor the consensus of modern HQ RSs. A good representation is Goldsworthy's map on page 186 of The Fall of Carthage. If anyone fancies turning it into a copyright-free map, or putting a request in at Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Map workshop, that would be helpful. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:25, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

text: That's very interesting. But what are HQ RSs? – I see from the Internet that the majority of maps show the battle on the first plain, but are there any good reasons for ruling out Dodge's view that it was the second plain further east? Kanjuzi (talk) 18:07, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Battlefield map