Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Treviso

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 01:32, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Battle of Treviso

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... ~~that Ildibad, the king of the Ostrogoths and soon after his victory in the Battle of Treviso, murdered the nephew of Vitiges, over a personal insult exchanged between their wives?~~

Source: Bury (1958) History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian p. 228 Ildibad did not live long enough to profit by the prestige which his victory procured him. His death was indirectly due to a quarrel with Uraias, to whose influence he had owed his crown. The wife of Uraias was beautiful and wealthy, and one day when she went to the public baths, in rich apparel and attended by a long train of servants, she met the queen, who was clad in a plain dress (for the royal purse was ill-furnished), and treated her with Ildibad disrespect. The queen implored to avenge her outraged dignity, and soon afterwards Uraias was treacherously put to death.

- ALT1: ... that Ildibad, the king of the Ostrogoths and soon after his victory in the Battle of Treviso, lost his head by one of his bodyguards for arranging a wedding? Source: Syvänne (2021). Military History of Late Rome 518–565 p. 245 According to Procopius, Ildibadus was then murdered for another reason, namely that Ildibadus married to another man a woman who Velas the Gepid desired to be his wife. Velas, who was one of the bodyguards of the king, killed Ildibadus during one dinner by cutting off his head.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fidel Sánchez Hernández

Improved to Good Article status by A.Cython (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

A.Cython (talk) 20:00, 25 April 2026 (UTC).

Perhaps worth shortening to "... that King Ildibad of the Ostrogoths murdered the nephew of Vitiges over an insult between their wives after the Battle of Treviso?" RabidTuberculosis (talk) 18:00, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
- @RabidTuberculosis: Thank you for the suggestion. Sounds good to me. Per your suggestion:
  - ALT0b "... that King Ildibad of the Ostrogoths murdered the nephew of Vitiges over an insult between their wives after the Battle of Treviso?" A.Cython (talk) 20:13, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
    - @RabidTuberculosis: Please let me know if any other changes are needed, otherwise approve the hook to conclude the review.A.Cython (talk) 17:17, 21 May 2026 (UTC)
      - Approved ALT0b per above. Hook is punchy, article is well-sourced and new, meets all requirements. Thanks for your work, and apologies for latency! RabidTuberculosis (talk) 17:55, 21 May 2026 (UTC)