Talk:Bonifacius
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That 5th century title was patricius and it was military in nature, not directly "patrician." --Wetman 01:39, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I am aware of both of those facts. However, in the rest of the article, Anglicizations are used (emperor instead of Augustus, count instead of Comes, Boniface instead of Bonifacius), so I figured no one would mind if I used patrician instead of patricius. Also, because I was referring to the specific title instead of the general social class, I capitlized the word. Kuralyov 21:02, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- I moved it to Bonifacius because that's what both OCD and EB use. "Count" as an anglicization has fallen out of favor in recent years, at least partly because it has very misleading connotations to English speakers. Stan 07:39, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
This account of Boniface's life fail to explain that his alleged invitation to the Vandals to enter North Africa is entirely based on Procopius, who was repeating the prejudices of his time. This article needs to include dissident opinions -- such as Stewart Oost's -- who point out how the people of the time perceived historical forces led them to make Boniface the scapegoat for this disasterous event. Although people thrust into positions of leadership can make unbelievably stupid & destructive decisions (yes, I am thinking of one contemporary example), NPOV urges us to mention that is possible that the Vandal invasion of North Africa was not due to any intentional act of Boniface himself. -- llywrch 02:34, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
