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References
- Cicero, Pro Rabirio, ed. W. E. Heitland (1882)
- Dio Cassius, xxxvii. 26-38
- H. Putsche, Über das genus judicii der Rede Ciceros pro C. Rabirio (Jena, 1881)
- O. Schulthess, Der Prozess des C. Rabirius (Frauenfeld, 1891)
- 1824 edition of Lempriére's Classical Dictionary
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rabirius, Gaius". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 773.
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