Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Ticinus

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:26, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Battle of Ticinus

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... that at the Battle of Ticinus the cavalry of both sides fought on foot? Source: Koon, Sam (2015) [2011]. "Phalanx and Legion: the "Face" of Punic War Battle". In Hoyos, Dexter (ed.). A Companion to the Punic Wars. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley. pp. 77–94. ISBN 978-1-1190-2550-4, pp. 85–86; Sabin, Philip (1996). "The Mechanics of Battle in the Second Punic War". Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. Supplement. 67: 59–79. JSTOR 43767903, p. 69.

ALT 1 ... that the Roman commander was seriously wounded at the Battle of Ticinus and was rescued by his 16-year-old son? Lazenby, John (1998). Hannibal's War: A Military History of the Second Punic War. Warminster: Aris & Phillips. ISBN 978-0-85668-080-9, p. 53.

Reviewed: Genocide justification

Improved to Good Article status by Gog the Mild (talk). Self-nominated at 00:58, 3 September 2020 (UTC).

Article is long enough and promotion to GA was very recent so its new enough. It is well referenced, neutrally written, and plagiarism free. Both hooks are interesting, inline sourced, and sources are accepted AGF. QPQ done. --Muhandes (talk) 14:44, 3 September 2020 (UTC)