Talk:List of late imperial Roman consuls

This list does not seem to distinguish the eastern empire consuls and the western? -fonzy

That's not a bug, it's a feature. ;-)

Seriously, the source I took this from did indicate Eastern & Western consuls, but at the time (& to a fair degree now) I am still not clear how this is determined. So instead of uncritically copying this over, I stripped it off. (And I suspect that in copying this list over, I may have also made some mistakes in the names.) Feel free to correct. -- llywrch 17:29 Apr 27, 2003 (UTC)

I gave you that source, and the right side i think is the eastern ones, teh left is the western. Or visa versa i would do it myself except. Thsoe latin names confuse me abit. -fonzy

I thought you had supplied me the source, but when I looked on your Talk page, I didn't see any sign of our discussion. I should have looked on my own Talk page before responding the first time.

The problem with all of the consular lists is that they need more work. This one, for example, needs proofing of the names, & for someone to go thru & make links to all of the appropriate articles. (In theory, there should be adequate biographies for every Roman consul since -- I'm guessing -- 390 BC; the consuls were the most powerful & well-know men of their generation. Unfortunately, the historical record has quite a few holes in it, & there are periods since 390 BC -- most noteably the mid-3rd century & from the 5th century onwards -- where we know little more than the name of the consul.)

The guidelines to Wikipedia say "always leave something to do"; there is an awful lot of work waiting for a motivated person to do with these lists. I'm willing to offer some advice & knowledge, but completing the work here is a job for someone else.

BTW, Fonzy, your help in furnishing the material for these lists was an important contribution. for that alone we are indebted to you. -- llywrch 23:08 Apr 27, 2003 (UTC)