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- ↑ Chase, pp. 125, 126, 139, 140.
- ↑ Chase, pp. 110–112.
- ↑ Orosius, vi. 19.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 PIR, vol. II, p. 442.
- 1 2 PIR, vol. II, p. 443.
- ↑ Aelius Lampridius, "The Life of Alexander Severus", 48.
- ↑ Fasti.
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- ↑ CIL II, 4126.
- 1 2 Chronography of 354.
- 1 2 CIL VI, 1479.
- ↑ PLRE, vol. 1, p. 383 ("Ovinius Gallicanus").