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- ↑ Livy, Ab Urbe Condita Libri 9.30
- ↑ Livy, Ab Urbe Condita Libri 7.5
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William (1870). "L. Atilius (2)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Vol. 1. p. 405.