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- 1 2 3 CIL VI, 200.
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- ↑ CIL XII, 5825.
- ↑ CIL VI, 10338.
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- ↑ BCAR, 1923-79.
- ↑ CIL VI, 28426.
- 1 2 3 BCAR, 1925-205.
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- ↑ CIL XIII, 14.