Talk:Vigiles

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[edit] St. Florian

The addition of some comments on Saint Florian, a centurian and the patron saint of firefighters may be of note for this article. --Daysleeper47 14:28, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Overall, I think the article gave a sufficient background on the historical implications as well as the duties, providing explanations for novel terms. In the end, the article left me with general knowledge on the story, but I think you need to stress why they were so important to Roman society. Otherwise, very good job! 129.105.162.35 02:07, 15 May 2007 (UTC)Paris Kingsberry

Wow, you added a lot of information on your topic! You seem to cover quite a few aspects of the jobs of the vigiles. Can you find anything more about their involvement in the Great Fire of 64? It seems like there should be quite a bit of information out there about such a large and famous fire. A little bit more about the police force might be added (although I realize that the police force is not the main topic of the article). You might want to add in a brief definition of the word 'conflagration' when it is first used, since I didn't realize what it meant (but maybe that's just me). Since this article references the heirarchy of the army, you might want to make a link to the page that defines this heirarchy or, if such a page doesn't exist, actually lay out the heirarchy within this article. In addition, pay attention to the comment that was left here previously about St. Florian and see if any of the info on him applies to this topic. Great job overall! Alex Russell 21:23, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

You added a lot of terrific information and clearly did an immense amount of research. The writing is generally clear and well done, and the links are very helpful. Well done!76.16.233.199 02:15, 7 June 2007 (UTC)Anise K. Strong