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- ↑ article of Aulus Gabinius Sisenna at ancient library Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Huzar, Mark Anthony: A Biography, p.28
- ↑ Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, De Vita Caesarum, Caesar, 50
- ↑ article of Aulus Gabinius Sisenna at ancient library Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ article of Aulus Gabinius Sisenna at ancient library Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ article of Aulus Gabinius Sisenna at ancient library Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
