Template:Did you know nominations/Mercenary War

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:50, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Mercenary War

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... that during the Mercenary War the rebels killed 700 prisoners by cutting off their hands, castrating them, breaking their legs, and throwing them into a pit to be buried alive? Source: Miles, Richard (2011). Carthage Must be Destroyed. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-101809-6 p. 208.
- ALT1:... that when a rebel leader was crucified during the Mercenary War the rebels retrieved his body and nailed a Carthaginian general to the same cross? Source: Miles, Richard (2011). Carthage Must be Destroyed. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-101809-6 p. 211.

Reviewed: Cunard Building (New York City)
Comment: Ideas for additional hooks are welcome.

Improved to Good Article status by Gog the Mild (talk). Self-nominated at 15:42, 30 March 2020 (UTC).

Hi Gog the Mild, review follows: article promoted to GA on 30 March; article is well written and cited inline throughout to excellent sources; I didn't spot any overly close paraphrasing in a spot check on sources; both hooks are interesting and mentioned in the article; details in ALT0 are supported by a reference to Miles 2011 which I don't have access to, the figure of 700 is supported by the accessible Eckstein 2017 source; ALT1 is supported by Bagnall 1999 and Hoyos 2007 (though in the Google Books preview the correct page is p209, not p220-223 - I guess you may be working from a hard copy and this is possibly a different edition?); a QPQ has been carried out. Looks good to me - Dumelow (talk) 09:29, 3 April 2020 (UTC)