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- ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Latin Biography and Mythology, vol. III, pp. 521, 522 ("Precia", "Precianus", "Lucius Precius").
- ↑ Plutarch, "The Life of Lucullus", 6.
- ↑ Cicero, In Verrem, v. 62, 65.
- ↑ Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, xiv. 5. § 2, Epistulae ad Atticum, vi. 9. § 2, vii. 1. § 9.
- ↑ Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, vii. 8.
- 1 2 CIL IX, 5615.
- ↑ InscrAqu, ii. 1399.
- ↑ CIL V, 35.
- 1 2 CIL XI, 6190.
- ↑ CIL XI, 6189.
- ↑ CIL VI, 28296.