Talk:History of Rome (disambiguation)

I'm sorry, but

No.

I. See WP:DAB for the way to set up a disambiguation page.

II. a. This page solely concerns works and things named (or referenced as if named) "Roman History" or "The History of Rome", not all works of history about Rome. That would go in an article entitled something like "bibliography of ancient Roman history" and it would include far, far more works than this. For example, Gibbon's work is iffy as it is almost always referenced in short as Decline and Fall; including it because some people in the 18th century described it as "Mr. Gibbon's Roman history" is dubious since similar phrasing applies to absolutely every work on Roman history, which is not what this dab page should cover. Further, "Mr. Gibbon's Roman history" is not "Roman History" or "History of Rome", which is what this page is disambiguating.

II. b. It should include all works known in English by that name, including Cassius Dio's and Appian's, even if they're not considered "major". Scholars may now refer to Ammianus Marcellinus's work as the Res Gestae or just "Ammianus Marcellinus", but it should be included as it has been translated under the title "The Roman History".

II. c. It does not contain subsections of pages with historical information about Rome only obliquely related to the history of Rome itself (e.g., Roman roads). No one would ever come to "Roman history" looking for information specifically about "Roman roads" or "Gallia Narbonensis", let alone "History of the Holy Roman Empire". Dab pages exist to assist those who are looking for something they need named "Roman History" but that differs from the content at the main page with that name. The history of the city of Rome certainly qualifies.

III. That is not to say that the work involved in this list doesn't belong somewhere, either in the #See also of the page or subsections of the Roman history page or in a special bibliography article. It does. It's great. It's just not a dab page for this heading.

The former article is commented out below for inclusion somewhere else:

Former page

The History of Rome may concern: I. celebrated Histories of ancient Rome; or, II. the history of Rome proper; or, III. Successors to the Roman Empire. The second of these, II. the history of Rome proper, may pertain to the following: (A) the City of Rome; (B) the ancient Kingdom, Republic, and Empire; (C) the ancient Roman: (1) state, (2) army, and (3) arts & sciences; and, (D) regions of the Empire. History of Rome thus may refer to: I. Celebrated multi-volume Histories of ancient Rome: Ab Urbe condita, (literally, "from the city having been founded"), by Titus Livius (59 BC - AD 17), who continued it up to his own day. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon (1737–1794); to the Fall in the West, then to the Fall of the Roman Empire of the Byzantines. Römische Geschichte, primary focus on the Republic, written by Theodor Mommsen (1817–1903) for whom it won the Nobel Prize. II. The history of Rome proper: (A) History of the City of Rome: History of Rome: from foundation (c. 753 BC) to the present capital of Italy. (B) History of ancient Rome: History of the Roman Kingdom (c. 753 to c. 509 BC). History of the Roman Republic (c. 509 to 44 BC). History of the Roman Empire (c. 31 BC to AD 476). (C) Roman institutions and culture: (1) History of ancient Roman state institutions: History of the Roman Constitution History of the Constitution of the Roman Kingdom History of the Constitution of the Roman Republic History of the Constitution of the Roman Empire Roman Constitution History of the Roman Senate History of Roman coinage History of Roman Law Marriage in ancient Rome Social class in ancient Rome (2) History of the ancient Roman Military: History of the Roman Army History of the Roman military Campaign history of the Roman military Political history of the Roman military Structural history of the Roman military Technological history of the Roman military Roman Navy (3) Arts and sciences of ancient Rome: Roman agriculture Latin alphabet Roman architecture Roman art Roman calendar Roman commerce Ancient Roman cuisine Roman culture Education in Ancient Rome Roman engineering Roman finance Roman historiography it:Storiografia romana Latin language Latin literature Medicine in ancient Rome Roman metallurgy Music of ancient Rome Roman mythology Roman Ancient Philosophy Religion in ancient Rome Roman Rhetoric Roman roads Roman Stoicism Theatre of ancient Rome (D) Regional histories of the Roman Empire: History of Italia History of Confoederatio Helvitica History of Roman Dacia History of Roman Greece History of Roman Syria History of Roman Judea History of Roman Arabia History of Roman Egypt History of Roman-era Tunisia History of Roman North Africa History of Roman Spain History of Gallia Narbonensis History of Gallo-Roman culture History of Gallia Belgica History of Roman Britain History of Germania III. History of Successors to the Roman Empire: History of Roman and Byzantine Greece (to 1453). History of the Byzantine Empire (395 to 1453). History of the Holy Roman Empire (800 to 1806). Also: indirectly the proximous association respecting the Episcopal polity of Christian Churches. Other lists of similar articles: Timeline of Roman history Political institutions of Ancient Rome Outline of ancient Rome List of Roman battles List of ancient Romans Roman (disambiguation) Podcasts: The History of Rome

 — LlywelynII 03:32, 15 February 2019 (UTC)