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- ↑ Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, p. 662 ("Fasti").
- ↑ Oxford Classical Dictionary, 2nd Ed., pp. 429, 430 ("Fasti").
- ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antitquities, pp. 352–357 ("Consul").
- ↑ Oxford Classical Dictionary, 2nd Ed., p. 286 ("Consul").
- ↑ AE 1949, 23; 2003, 588; 2005, 457.
- ↑ Eck, Paci, & Serenelli, "Per una nuova edizione dei Fasti Potentini".