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- ↑ Angelo Mai, Juris Civilis Ante-Justinianei Reliquiae, &c, Rome, 1823
- ↑ Friedrich Gotthilf Osann, Darmstadt, 1826
- ↑ Johan Nicolai Madvig, de Apuleii Fragm. de Orthogr., Hafniae, 1829
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William (1870). "Appuleius, Caecilicus Minutianus Appuleius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Vol. 1. p. 251.
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