Template:Did you know nominations/Apion (family)

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The result was: promoted by Kingsif (talk) 05:26, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Apion (family)

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• ... that the Apion family were a wealthy clan of landowners that had influence over Byzantine Egypt? Source: In the article.
  • ALT1: ... that while the Apion family held extensive power over Byzantine Egypt, they largely remained in Constantinople as absentee landords? Source: Kazhdan, Alexander (1991). "Apion". In Kazhdan, Alexander (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 130–131. ISBN 0-19-504652-8. page 130-131 , Keenan, James K. (2000). "Egypt". In Cameron, Averil; Ward-Perkins, Bryan; Whitby, Michael (eds.). The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume XIV - Late Antiquity: Empire and Successors, A.D. 425–600. Cambridge University Press. pp. 612–637. ISBN 978-0-521-32591-2. Page 629
  • ALT2: ... that the Apion family mainly disappeared after the sasanian conquest of Egypt? Source: In the article.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/List of compositions by Graham Waterhouse

Improved to Good Article status by GuardianH (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 14:55, 2 December 2022 (UTC).

• good to go. Article is good, in policy, well written. ALT1 has the widest interest. I made minor copyedits to it – @Onegreatjoke and GuardianH: are you happy with the minor amendments to ALT1? Onceinawhile (talk) 10:34, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Im fine with the change. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:40, 3 December 2022 (UTC)