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- ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 909 ("Mallia Gens").
- ↑ Broughton, vol. I, p. 555.
- ↑ Sallust, Bellum Jugurthinum, 114.
- ↑ Livy, Epitome 67.
- ↑ Cicero, De Oratore, 28.
- ↑ Sallust, Bellum Catilinae, 24, 27–30, 32, 33, 36, 59, 60.
- ↑ Cicero, In Catilinam, i. 3, 9, 12, ii. 6, 9.
- ↑ Cassius Dio, xxxvii. 30.
- ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 1053 ("Theodorus", no. 49).