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- ↑ New College Latin and English Dictionary, s.v. surdus.
- ↑ Chase, pp. 109, 110.
- ↑ CIL VIII, 1223.
- ↑ PW, Surdinia.
- ↑ PIR, S. 748.
- ↑ CIL V, 6104.
- ↑ AE 1985, 485.
- ↑ Cassius Dio, lx. 29 (Earnest Cary, trans.).
- ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 229 ("Surdinius Gallus").
- ↑ PW, Surdinius Gallus.
- ↑ PIR, S. 747.
- ↑ CIL VIII, 5860.
- ↑ CIL X, 3634.