GrapeJelly84
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Peer Review Response
editHello, GrapeJelly84!
I just finished reading and peer reviewing your draft on the Lex Oppia and it was awesome! I thought that your addition to the Lead was great! It's cool to know upfront about how the information was found and sourced. I think that also makes the reader think more about how we know what we know. Could you add the sourcing information about Livy after the information about Lex Oppia? I think that would make this section really strong since the reader would get a good dense bit of information about the law and then learn about how we know what we know about the past. I really liked what you added to the article. I did not know much about this topic at all, so it was neat to be able to learn a bunch. I'm sure you will continue to add more as you go along, but I'm super interested in what you're finding out about how women reacted and opposed this goofy law. And also how we know about their reactions to this repressive law. I'm sure you'll be able to find some great sources, and it looks like you have already found a few useful ones. I don't have much to add about your tone and balance. I think you do an excellent job at conveying the information that you're learning without writing it in a biased way at all. All of your content was linked and backed up very well. I liked the mixture of the use of Livy and secondary sources using different forms of evidence to tell us about Lex Oppia. Since you're adding to an already existing article, I thought you did a good job at finding some gaps and adding where you saw fit. Overall I really enjoyed reading your additions to this wikipage. You have clearly sought out good secondary sources to learn about the topic and fill in gaps on the wikipage that already exists. I also appreciate how you educate the reader on sourcing and making them think about how we know what we know about the ancient past. I've said it already a couple of times, but I found it fascinating to read about ancient Roman history (especially this law!) from the perspective of women in ancient Rome. Could you find and add more information from that vantage if possible? You're doing a great job and I'm excited to see what you're able to do! Thanks for sharing with me. Anctrome3132020 (talk) 04:59, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:44, 28 September 2020 (UTC)