Template:Did you know nominations/Siege of Martyropolis (531)
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The result was: promoted by Edward056686 (talk) 22:00, 2 November 2026 (UTC)
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Siege of Martyropolis (531)
- ... that during the Siege of Martyropolis, the Byzantines constructed a tall tower inside the city walls with a machine capable of dropping large stones to damage the Persian siege engines?
- Source: Syvänne, Ilkka (2021). Military History of Late Rome 518–565 p. 72 During the siege the Persians attempted to undermine the wall of Martyropolis with many mines, tried to storm the place by using scaling ladders, used a mule (onager?), and finally constructed a tall wooden tower, but to no avail. Amongst the defenders, there was a clever engineer who worked out countermeasures. The Romans built a taller tower inside the walls and used a machine to drop columns/stones that smashed the Persian siege equipment.
Improved to Good Article status by A.Cython (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 47 past nominations.
A.Cython(talk) 00:51, 30 September 2026 (UTC).
- I will take this review. HerBauhaus · talk 09:50, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
Promoted to GA on 27 September 2026 and nominated on 30 September, so timely and at 5,706 bytes / 912 words long enough. Earwig gives 0.0% overlap and there are no copyvio concerns. QPQ is complete. The hook is interesting, verified and stated in the article. I would only ask for one wording change in the hook: both Syvänne and the article prose say the machine dropped heavy stones, rather than threw them. Otherwise, everything checks out. Nice work! HerBauhaus · talk 11:19, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
- @HerBauhaus: Thank you for your review. Rephrased.A.Cython(talk) 22:35, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
All good! HerBauhaus · talk 04:49, 3 October 2026 (UTC)
