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- ↑ Mommsen, The provinces of the Roman Empire: from Caesar to Domitian, p.66
- ↑ Potts, Araby the Blest: Studies in Arabian Archaeology, p.150
- ↑ Potts, Araby the Blest: Studies in Arabian Archaeology, p.151
- ↑ Farrokh, Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War, p.158
- ↑ Yarshater, The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 3, p.87
- ↑ Bunson, A Dictionary of the Roman Empire, p.303
- ↑ Mommsen, The provinces of the Roman Empire: from Caesar to Domitian, p.66
- ↑ Potts, Araby the Blest: Studies in Arabian Archaeology, p.p.150&151
- ↑ Yarshater, The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 3, p.87