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- ↑ CIL III, 781
- ↑ Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron , 13 (1983),p. 200
- ↑ Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 230
- ↑ Roxan and Holder, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Supplement, No. 82. Roman Military Diplomas IV (2003). (RMD IV 265)