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- ↑ Macbean, A. (1773). A Dictionary of Ancient Geography: Explaining the Local Appellations in Sacred, Grecian, and Roman History. London: G. Robinson. p. 14. OCLC 6478604.
Africa propria (Pliny's Natural History).
- 1 2 3 Huss (2006).
- ↑ Strabo, Geogr., Book XVII, Ch. iii, §12.
- ↑ Strabo, Geography,§17.3.12
- ↑ Ptol., Geogr. , Book IV, Ch. iii, §9.
- ↑ Cass. Dio, Rom. Hist., Book XLII, Ch. lviii, §4.
- ↑ Davis, Nathan (1862-01-01). Ruined Cities Within Numidian and Carthaginian Territories. J. Murray.
- ↑ Jul. Caes., Bell. Afr. , Book VI, §7, and Book IX, §1.
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- Huss, Werner (2006), "Ruspina", Brill's New Pauly Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, Leiden: Brill.
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