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- ↑ Tabula Peutingeriana.
- ↑ Pliny. Naturalis Historia . Vol. 5.32.
- ↑ Ptolemy. The Geography . Vol. 5.2.
- ↑ Catholic Hierarchy
- ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Conni". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London: John Murray.
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