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Praetorians

" ... Constantine, who abolished the Praetorian Guard, replacing it with a smaller, more controllable personal bodyguard (the Scholae) of about 4,000 men." - yes, ironically, around the size of the time of Augustus-Claudius ... the inflation of the guard started under Vespasian and reached the climax under Severus. :-)

April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive

Hey y'all, the April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive begins at 00:01 UTC on April 1, 2021 and runs through 23:59 UTC on April 31, 2021. Points can be earned through reviewing articles on the AutoCheck report, reviewing articles listed at WP:MILHIST/ASSESS, reviewing MILHIST-tagged articles at WP:GAN or WP:FAC, and reviewing articles submitted at WP:MILHIST/ACR. Service awards and barnstars are given for set points thresholds, and the top three finishers will receive further awards. To participate, sign up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_History/April 2021 Reviewing Drive#Participants and create a worklist at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/April 2021 Reviewing Drive/Worklists (examples are given). Further details can be found at the drive page. Questions can be asked at the drive talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:24, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"The Buddha of Suburbia (novel" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect The Buddha of Suburbia (novel and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 October 27#The Buddha of Suburbia (novel until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 19:16, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Diocletian Featured article review

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-G'day all, the nominations for the 2020 [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history#Nominations_for_military_history_newcomer_of_the_year_for_2020_are_open!|'''Military history WikiProject newcomer''']] and [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history#Nominations_for_military_historian_of_the_year_for_2020_are_open!|'''Historian of the Year''']] are open, all editors are encouraged to nominate candidates for the awards before until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2020, after which voting will occur for 14 days. There is not much time left to nominate worthy recipients, so get to it! [[User:Peacemaker67|Peacemaker67]]  ([[User_talk:Peacemaker67|click to talk to me]]) 06:45, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
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