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References
- ↑ Smith, William (1867), "Aulus Postumius Albinus (10)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 91
- ↑ Livy, Epit. 19, xxiii. 13
- ↑ Eutropius, ii. 27
- ↑ Valerius Maximus, i. 1. § 2
- ↑ Fasti Capitolini
- ↑
Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Albinus (11)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology .
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Albinus (10)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Vol. 1. p. 91.