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- ↑ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita , ii. 43.
- ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , William Smith, Editor
- ↑ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita , ii. 45, 46.
- ↑ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita , ii. 46, 47.
- 1 2 3 Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita , ii. 47.
- ↑ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Romaike Archaiologia, ix. 5, 6, 11, 12.
- ↑ Paulus Orosius, Historiarum Adversum Paganos Libri VII ii. 5.
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| Preceded by Kaeso Fabius Vibulanus and Spurius Furius Medullinus Fusus (consul 481 BC) | Consul of the Roman Republic with Marcus Fabius Vibulanus (consul 483 BC) 480 BC | Succeeded by Caeso Fabius Vibulanus and Titus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus |