Talk:Gaius Flavius Fimbria (cavalry prefect)

Military history: Biography / Roman & Byzantine / Classical

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history articles

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion met Coverage and accuracy: criterion not met Structure: criterion not met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion not met

Associated task forces:
/
	Military biography task force
	Roman and Byzantine military history task force
	Classical warfare task force (c. 700 BC – c. 500 AD)

Biography: Military / Politics and Government

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the military biography work group (assessed as Low-importance).
	This article is supported by the politics and government work group (assessed as Low-importance).

Classical Greece and Rome Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome, a group of contributors interested in Wikipedia's articles on classics. If you would like to join the WikiProject or learn how to contribute, please see our project page. If you need assistance from a classicist, please see our talk page.Classical Greece and RomeWikipedia:WikiProject Classical Greece and RomeTemplate:WikiProject Classical Greece and RomeClassical Greece and Rome articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Politician?

So if Fimbria was a politician, what offices had he held in order to be admitted to the senate (as he is so categorized)? The article is silent on this. Legatus was an appointment, not a magistracy. Cynwolfe (talk) 00:05, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Article name

The current article name isn't good because it is vague and without a date. His father could well have been a cavalry prefect too and therefore the disambiguator doesn't disambiguate enough. There are three possibilities:

Gaius Flavius Fimbria (d.85 BC): most factual.
Gaius Flavius Fimbria (quaestor 86 BC): most consistent with other politicians' articles on the period. Lintott seems sure that he was Marius' quaestor in 86 and was apparently followed by other scholars.
Gaius Flavius Fimbria (Valerius Flaccus' murderer): his most famous deed.

If anybody has a better idea? I incline towards the 2nd one. I will pick it if nobody objects. T8612 (talk) 00:24, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]