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- 1 2 Valerius Maximus, vi. 5. § 5
- ↑ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ahenobarbus". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 430.
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