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- ↑ Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico iii. 59, 60
- ↑ Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico iii. 84
- ↑ Smith, William (1867), "Aegus and Roscillus", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , vol. 1, Boston, p. 27, archived from the original on 2007-09-06, retrieved 2007-10-19
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