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- ↑ Ausonius. Parent. iii., Profess. xvi.
- ↑ Smith, William (1867), "Arborius, Aemilius Magnus", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , vol. 1, Boston, pp. 256–257, archived from the original on 2012-10-07, retrieved 2007-10-24
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