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- ↑ Harry Thurston Peck. 1898. "Labīci, Lavīci" In Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities
- ↑ Livy, Ab urbe condita , 2.39
- ↑ Livy, Ab urbe condita , 4.47
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