Talk:Antoninus Pius

Life-Long Reign

Interesting chap. According to the side-bar, he died on March 7 and continued reigning until July 10. BenedictX 23:59, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Era style

Out of respect for the Nerva-Antonine Dynasty, it would be preferred that "BCE" and "CE" be used instead of "BC" and "AD" since these people had no affiliation, or liking to Christianity. If you object, please provide a valid reason as to why. Lupus Bellator (talk) 20:59, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Personal preference isn't a sufficient reason to change from one convention to the other, per WP:ERA.Cúchullain ^t/c 19:30, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Oppose changing era style, or removing era designation per Plotinus example at WP:ERA. Cynwolfe (talk) 22:00, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Antoninus Pius

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Antoninus Pius's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Birley, Marcus Aurelius, 114":

• From Marcus Aurelius: Birley, 114.
• From Early life and career of Marcus Aurelius: Birley, Marcus Aurelius, 114.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 05:15, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

Persecution tradition

@Paraskevapius, the primary concern among myself and other editors is the present lack of reliable sourcing for your addition: with religious affairs equally as much as any other subject, a site directly affiliated with an official body representing something is not a good source for claims like this, as it is too close to the subject. We prefer secondary, scholarly sources that document these church traditions. Remsense诉 21:51, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

I also understand that you are new, but generally when material is under dispute, its removal is sustained until editors work together on consensus for if and how it can be added to the article. Remsense诉 21:52, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

Template:Re I've removed the section again. It's an obvious legend that has no place in a serious historical article. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 09:31, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

It's not even a well-known story about the emperor, just a random tale essentially, one of many martyrological legends, whose historical value is typically highly dubious. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 09:37, 24 August 2024 (UTC)