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- ↑ John Leach, Pompey the Great, pp. 138–141; Cic.Q. F. II. 3. 2 ff.
- ↑ Cicero, Atticus, II 21. 3 ff.
- ↑ John Leach, Pompey the Great, p. 155.
- ↑ Asconius, Pro Milone, 53C
- ↑ Dio, 40.54.3
- ↑ Michele Carluccio (2002). Conza della Campania. Il parco archeologico Compsa. De Angelis. ISBN 978-88-86218-46-7.
