User talk:Acco1960

--Jan Kameníček (talk) 07:53, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

Epitome of Roman History/Book 2
Thanks very much for contributing here. However, in Wikisource we only transcribe once published documents which are in the public domain, we do not correct them. It is the same as with printed books in libraries: they are stored in the same way as they were published and nobody tries to delete incorrect information from their contents. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 07:53, 2 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the kind welcome.
 * Did anyone pick up my correction re the translation by Florus? I did give the section from his Epitome in Latin [and a link to the Loeb edition] and it is evident he never employs the term  "Romanus" .  While it is generally accepted that Spartacus was a Thracian tributary and an auxiliary fighting with Roman forces it is  disingenuous  to ascribe to a "translation" of Florus' text a word that he never employs. Acco1960 (talk) 11:39, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I do not know whether it corresponds to the original Latin publication or not, but in fact it does not matter. What we have here is a transcription of the translation by John Selby Watson who translated the sentence the way he did and so we cannot change it, no matter how good or precise his translation was. If you know of any better published translation and are willing to add it here, we can upload its scan in .pdf  or .djvu and you can transcribe it too. I would gladly help with anything needed. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 11:51, 2 August 2022 (UTC)