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- ↑ Spickermann 2006.
- ↑ Delamarre 2003, pp. 41–42.
- ↑ Busse & Koch 2006, pp. 214–215.
- ↑ Kruta 2000, pp. 212: "L'événement aurait toutefois précédé de deux siècles l'invasion historique, puisqu'il remonterait à l'époque du règne de Tarquin l'Ancien et de la fondation de Marseille."
- 1 2 Kruta 2000, p. 145.
- ↑ Euskirchen, Marion (2006). "Bellovesus". Brill's New Pauly. doi:10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e215190: "The essence of this migratory legend is regarded as authentic."
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ↑ Kruta 2000, p. 408.
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