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References
- ↑ Ammianus Marcellinus. Res Gestae, 15:10. "De Alpibus Gallicanis; et de variis per eas itineribus."
- ↑ Cassius Dio. Rhōmaïkḕ Historía, 39:44: "Ἄλπεων τῶν Κελτικῶν"; Philippus. Greek Anthology 9:61: "Κελτῶν ... Ἄλπεις".
- 1 2 Scullard, Howard Hayes; Potter, T. W. (2015), "Alps", Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.328, ISBN 978-0-19-938113-5
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