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- ↑ Münzer, Friedrich, Ridley, T. (Tr.), Roman Aristocratic Parties and Families (1999), pg. 216
- ↑ Treggiari, Susan (2019). Servilia and her Family. Oxford University Press. pp. 39–40. ISBN 9780192564641.
- ↑ Broughton, pg. 463; Boren, pg. 29
- ↑ Boatwright, Mary Taliaferro, The Romans: From Village to Empire (2004), pg. 154
- ↑ Appian, 8:112