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- ↑ Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem i. 4, Post Reditum in Senatu 8, Pro Sexto Roscio 35 ff, Pro Milone 14.
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- ↑ Amela Valverde, "Carthago Nova", pp. 121–123.
