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- ↑ Polybius, Histories, xxv.4.
- ↑ Livy, xli.10. Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Livy, xli.10-18.
- ↑ Livy, xliii.14-16, xlv.15; Archived 2017-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Valerius Maximus, Factorum et Dictorum Mermorabilium, vi.5.3.
- ↑ Livy, xlv.17; Polybius, xxx.13.
- ↑ Livy, xlv.44.