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- ↑ Chronicle. Chapter XCV (95),25-26
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- ↑ PLRE III, p. 529
- ↑ Bury (1958), p. 255
- ↑ Lynda Garland, "Constantina, Wife of Maurice". 1999 article Archived 2017-04-04 at the Wayback Machine