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- ↑ Plutarch, The Life of Numa, 2:6
- ↑ Livy, Ab urbe condita , 1:17
- ↑ Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 215.
- ↑ Poultney, J.W. "Bronze Tables of Iguvium" 1959 p. 302 https://archive.org/details/bronzetablesofig00poul/page/n19/mode/2up
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