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- ↑ Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1896-105
- ↑ Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron , 13 (1983), pp. 148-152
- ↑ Rémy, Les carrières sénatoriales, p. 297