Talk:Galerius

message: This just occurred to me after getting the email with this and the Gregorian calendar: how do we deal with dates in different calendars? The persecuting christians edict was issused 24 Feb in whose calendar? Their current or our modern one?
Serdica (modern Sofia) is meant here.
Dates in ancient history are usually given as what they were referred to by the sources, without any regard to possible alterations by later calendar reforms. So February 24 is the day the ancient sources name (Roman calendar), whatever the adjusted date in whatever calendar may have been. Varana 21:08, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  dates 

message: However, in 297, advancing through the mountains of Armenia, he gained a decisive victory over Narses, with an enormous amount of booty that included Narses' harem. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.84.212.137 (talk) 17:12, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  booty? 

message: The bit about his being a Dacian avenging angel sounds like pretty boilerplate political hyperbole, questioning his credibility as a Roman, imputing traitorous intentions towards the Empire, etc.  Should it perhaps be contextualized here?  If it is credible, than by all means, say so, but as is it's just "Person Y said X" without a whole lot of info for newcomers to this person and his numerous political enemies. 142.167.170.59 02:30, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: yes, I would like to have the Lactantius' text about Galerius' avenging his dacian ancestors contextualized in the article. I find that side of Galerius biography interesting. But i am not sure i can formulate it in the best way. So i will just report "Lactantius about Galerius: etc". Criztu (talk) 19:24, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Identified with Dacians?" 

message: I have used similar talk spaces to suggest bibliographic resources for revision and expansion. It appears that David Woods plans to publish an article in a forthcoming Studia Patristica on Galerius' deathbed conversion. "The Deathbed Conversion of Galerius Maximianus to Religious Tolerance: Fact or Fraud?" As stated on his page at UCC. Geuiwogbil (Talk) 23:36, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bibliographic note 

message: Section 3 of this article is merely creatively plagiarized from Gibbon's Decline & Fall, Vol.01 Chapter 14.  The author merely omits large sections and changes a few adjectives to make the sentences unique.  Gibbon's work is in the public domain, but he should be quoted, not paraphrased.  Personally, I don't have a problem with it (as I love Edward Gibbon), but is certainly against Wikipedia's guidelines.  I am quite sure this paraphrasing happens with Gibbon often on Wikipedia, because I've noticed it before.  I will cite only one example, and you will find it quite striking.
:The importance of the occasion called for the presence and abilities of Galerius. At the head of a powerful army collected from Illyricum and the East, he entered Italy, resolved to revenge the death of Severus, and to chastise the rebellious Romans; or, as he expressed his intentions, in the furious language of a barbarian, to extirpate the senate, and to destroy the people by the sword. But the skill of Maximian had concerted a prudent system of defence.  The invader found every place hostile, fortified, and inaccessible; and though he forced his way as far as Narni, within sixty miles of Rome, his dominion in Italy was confined to the narrow limits of his camp.
Gibbon, Edward, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol.1, p.411, Penguin Classics, 
:The importance of the occasion needed the presence and abilities of Galerius. At the head of a powerful army collected from Illyricum and the East, he entered Italy, determined to avenge Severus and to punish the rebellious Romans. But due to the skill of Maximian, Galerius found every place hostile, fortified, and inaccessible; and though he forced his way as far as Narni, within sixty miles of Rome, his control in Italy was confined to the narrow limits of his camp.
"Galerius." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 16 Feb. 2017 18:57. Web. 20 Apr. 2017.
I did not extend my investigations to any other sections of this article, or other Wikipedia articles. Mousebelt (talk) 18:02, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paraphrasing & Plagiarizing in Section 3, ''Rule as Augustus'' from Gibbon's ''Decline & Fall'', Vol.01 Chapter 14