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- ↑ Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 38 W. Weissenborn, Ed.
- ↑ is the name of a Thracian tribe. The Thracians 700 BC-AD 46 (Men-at-Arms) by Christopher Webber and Angus McBride, ISBN 1-84176-329-2, 2001, page 11: "... After the battle, 10,000 Thracians drawn from the Astii, Caeni, Maduateni and Coreli occupied each side of a narrow forested pass ..."
