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References
- ↑ G.B. Townend, "The Consuls of A. D. 69/70", American Journal of Philology, 83 (1962), pp. 113-129
- ↑ Gavin Townend, "Some Flavian Connections", Journal of Roman Studies , 51 (1961), pp. 55f
- ↑ For example, Brian W. Jones, The Emperor Domitian (London: Routledge, 1992), p. 45
- 1 2 Tacitus, Histories , i.77
- ↑ Townend, "The Consuls of A. D. 69/70", p. 118
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| Preceded by Lucius Verginius Rufus II, and Lucius Pompeius Vopiscus | Consul of the Roman Empire 69 with Titus Flavius Sabinus | Succeeded by Gnaeus Arrius Antoninus, and Aulus Marius Celsus |
