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- 1 2 Smith, William, ed. (1880). A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Volume 1. J. Murray. p. 251 . Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- 1 2 Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 265
- ↑ Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand, p. 254
