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- ↑ Paul Gallivan, "The Fasti for the Reign of Claudius", Classical Quarterly , 28 (1978), pp. 409, 425
- ↑ Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto , IV.8.1-12.
- ↑ Lewis, "The Family Relationships of Ovid's Third Wife: A Reconsideration", Ancient Society, 43 (2013), pp. 151-189
- ↑ Tacitus, Tacitus , XIII.43
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| Preceded by Lucius Mammius Pollio, and Quintus Allius Maximus as suffect consuls | Suffect consul of the Roman Empire 50 with Gaius Antistius Vetus | Succeeded by Claudius V, and Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus as ordinary consuls |