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- ↑ Smith, William (1867). "Albucilla". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 94. Archived from the original on May 1, 2008.
- ↑ Tacitus, Annales vi. 47, 48
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William (1870). "Secundus, Satrius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . 3. p. 94.
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