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- ↑ Rudolf Hanslik, "Q. Voluius 5", Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft , Supplement 9A, col. 1863
- 1 2 3 Romeins Imperium – Lucius Quintus Volusius Saturninus translated from Dutch to English
- ↑ Tacitus, Annales XII.22
- 1 2 Quintus Volusius no.2 article at ancient library
- 1 2 Jonathan Zarecki, "The Cypriot Exemption from Evocatio and the Character of Cicero’s Proconsulship", Greece & Rome, 59 (2012), pp. 46-55
- 1 2 Cicero, Ad Atticum, V, 21