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- ↑ Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum. 2.5, 7
- ↑ Cicero, In Vatinium testem 12
- ↑ Cicero, Pro Milone 17
- ↑ Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem 1.3
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William (1870). "Arrius (2)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Vol. 1. p. 353.