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- ↑ Chase, pp. 122–124.
- ↑ Macrobius, ii. 9.
- ↑ Chase, p. 131.
- 1 2 3 CIL VI, 27151.
- ↑ New College Latin & English Dictionary, s. v. firmus.
- ↑ Chase, p. 110.
- ↑ Livy, iii. 9.
- ↑ Dionysius, x. 1.
- ↑ Broughton, vol. I, p. 36.
- 1 2 CIL I, 2480.
- ↑ Torelli, Elogia Tarquiniensia, 25.
- 1 2 CIL VI, 36411.