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- ↑ Oxford Classical Dictionary , 2nd Ed. (1970).
- ↑ Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft .
- ↑ Oxford Classical Dictionary , 2nd Ed. (1970).
- ↑ Ronald Syme, "The Early Tiberian Consuls", Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte , 30 (1981), pp. 196f.
- ↑ Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), pp. 188, 192
- ↑ Barrett, Anthony, Caligula: The Corruption of Power (Touchstone, 1989), p.viii-ix.
- ↑ Gemäß R. Hanslik, Iunius 27. I. Silana, in: Der Kleine Pauly, Bd. 2 (1967), Sp. 1561.
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| Preceded by Gaius Rubellius Blandus, and Marcus Vipstanus Gallus as Suffect consuls | Consul of the Roman Empire 19 with Lucius Norbanus Balbus, followed by Publius Petronius | Succeeded by Marcus Valerius Messala, and Marcus Aurelius Cotta Maximus Messalinus as Ordinary consuls |