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- ↑ Tabula Peutingeriana ; Geogr. Rav. 4.6, 5.12.
- ↑ Procopius de Aed. 4.9; Gibbon, Decline and Fall, 100.40.
- ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World . Princeton University Press. p. 52, and directory notes accompanying.
- ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Scyllae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London: John Murray.
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