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Really needs updating[edit]

Large parts of this outline-in-template-form need to be updated. Most especially are the totally unmaintained and largely-badly-sourced articles that relate to the history, institutions of, etc the constitution of the Roman kingdom. It is simply impossible to know enough to write good articles on those topics. I think they should all be merged into Constitution of the Roman Kingdom. The overarching articles should stay, but the articles that relate to the assemblies during the Roman empire are similar nonsense and should be interfected.

It may be worthwhile simply to outline (or take inspiration from existing scholarly outlines) the whole topic and then link rather than going, as is currently the case, from the articles-up. Ifly6 (talk) 04:00, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's terrible. "Constitution of the Roman Kingdom" may also be a bit too formal, as I doubt there was a written set of laws regulating powers. "Institutions of the Roman Kingdom" might be a bit better.

It's the same problem with the Roman military articles, eg.: Structural history of the Roman military, Campaign history of the Roman military, Political history of the Roman military, Technological history of the Roman military, and probably many others. T8612 (talk) 22:33, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rework proposal[edit]

Perhaps an outline like this?

Institutions
- Roman assemblies
- Roman magistrate
  - Consul
  - Consular tribune
  - Roman dictator*
  - Magister equitum
  - Praetor
  - Aedile
  - Plebeian tribune
  - Quaestor*
  - Promagistrate*
- Roman senate
  - Senatus consultum (ultimum)
  - Senate of the Roman Republic
  - Senate of the Roman Empire
  - Byzantine senate (technically following the above)
Periods
- Institutions of the Roman kingdom
- Constitution of the Roman republic*
  - Overthrow of the Roman monarchy* (probably gloss as Establishment)
  - Conflict of the Orders
  - Constitutional reforms of Sulla*
  - Constitutional reforms of Julius Caesar
  - Constitutional reforms of Augustus
- Principate
- Tetrarchy
- Dominate (not wedded to this word; OCD⁴ says this term is obsolete; perhaps Constitution of the late Roman empire – but I don't like this one because it's too close to constitutiones – , Government of the late Roman empire, or Institutions of the late Roman empire ?)

Make additions as desired. I've marked the ones I've worked on with a star. I would merge and delete all articles in the present template that are not here listed. This includes—

Actually going to these articles and just skimming them also shows very clear how much they are highly duplicative (WP:CFORK) and reliant on Abbott 1901. The size of the current framework also makes it largely unmaintainable. A significant simplification would be greatly worthwhile. Ifly6 (talk) 01:09, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm also not sure what to do with an article like Roman constitution: it covers such a broad span of time under such different political circumstances that feels meaningless. Ifly6 (talk) 02:54, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would keep separate the articles on the senate. It was a big institution with several evolutions. Only "Senate of the Roman Kingdom" should be merged into "Institutions of the Roman kingdom". "Roman constitution" can be kept as a list article, such as "List of changes to the Roman constitution". T8612 (talk) 09:01, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Re Constitutional reforms of Julius Caesar, I was under the impression there weren't any major ones? Ifly6 (talk) 13:11, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]