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- ↑ Margaret M Roxan, Roman Military Diplomas 1985 to 1993 (Routledge, 2016) p2.
- ↑ Ian Haynes, Blood of the Provinces (OUP Oxford, 3 Oct. 2013) p 248.
- ↑ Margaret M Roxan, Roman Military Diplomas 1985 to 1993 (Routledge, 2016) p17.
- ↑ Farkas István Gergő, The Roman Army In Raetia (University of Pécs, 2015) p50 & 171-175.
- ↑ Marc Lodewijckx, Archaeological and Historical Aspects of West-European Societies (Leuven University Press, 1996) p129.