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- ↑ Alison E. Cooley, The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy (Cambridge: University Press, 2012), p. 468
- ↑ Remy, Les carrières sénatoriales dans les provinces romaines d'Anatolie au Haut-Empire (31 av. J.-C.-284 ap. J.-C.) (Pont-Bithynie, Galatie, Cappadoce, Lycie-Pamphylie et Cilicie), (Istanbul: Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes-Georges Dumézil, 1989), p. 343
- ↑ Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron , 12 (1982), p. 192
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| Preceded by Lucius Julius Frugi, and Publius Juventius Celsus Titus Aufidius Hoenius Severianus as suffect consuls | Suffect consul of the Roman Empire 115 with Marcus Pompeius Macrinus Neos Theophanes | Succeeded by Lucius Fundanius Lamia Aelianus, and Sextus Carminius Vetus as ordinary consuls |