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- ↑ Kern, Paul Bentley (1999). Ancient Siege Warfare. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 326. ISBN 0-253-33546-9.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William (1870). "Alorcus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Vol. 1. p. 133.
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