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- ↑ Nutton 2013, p. 262.
- ↑ Saller 2002, p. 64.
- ↑ McHugh 2017, p. 59.
- 1 2 McHugh 2017, p. 55.
- ↑ Mennen 2011, p. 31.
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- McHugh, John S. (2017). Emperor Alexander Severus: Rome's Age of Insurrection, AD222-235. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781473845848.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Mennen, Inge (2011). Power and status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284. Brill. ISBN 9789004203594.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Nutton, Vivian (2013). Ancient Medicine. Routledge. ISBN 9780415520942.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Saller, Richard P. (2002). Personal Patronage Under the Early Empire. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521893923.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)