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Against 'Speedy Deletion'

I would like to contest the 'Speedy Deletion' of this page on the following grounds:

Fabia Numantina was a member of the first Imperial 'dynasty' of the Roman Empire (ie. the Julio-Claudian dynasty) - her mother being a first cousin to the Roman Emperor, Augustus. Also her husband (Sextus Appuleius III was a half-great-nephew of Augustus.

As such, having a page for Fabia Numantina allows someone who comes to Wikipedia researching the Julio-Claudian family to see the whole breadth of the Julio-Claudian family rather than only part of it (there are a limited number of Julio-Claudians anyway, and most of them are already on Wikipedia, this article is just 'completing the picture', as it were).

Furthermore there are numerous articles on Wikipedia that deal with members of the Julio-Claudian family, and none of these have marked for 'Speedy Deletion', so deleting this one would be inconsistent with previous policy.

If anyone has any further questions on the matter, please feel free to leave me a message on my Wikipedia page.

Knobbishly (talk) 05:11, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why Fabia Numantina is notable

Okay, I'll just list whatever reasons I can think of, and hopefully one or more of them will satisfy another editor:\

She was accused of witchcraft - this is (at least) an important example of the Roman view/opinion on witchcraft.
She was one of the last members of the ancient patrician Fabii family.
It is difficult to determine her parentage - she may have been the daughter of Paullus Fabius Maximus or his brother, Africanus Fabius Maximus, so it is easier to have a page for her alone.
Her name is notable because it refers back to the renowned 2nd century BCE Roman general, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Aemilianus (a genetic relative), and shows the family's 'pride' in their famous ancestors.

She is discussed in the following notable books:

Augustan Aristocracy by Ronald Syme
The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: Ancient Greece and Rome by Bengt Ankarloo et al.
The Roman government of Britain‎ by Anthony Birley
Ancestor Masks and Aristocratic Power in Roman Culture‎ by Harriet Flower
Roman Marriage: Iusti Coniuges from the Time of Cicero to the Time of Ulpian by Susan Treggiari

If this does not satisfy, please let me know before deleting or merging the page.

Thanks.

Knobbishly (talk) 03:22, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]