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- ↑ Incerti auctoris panegyricus Messallae, l. 181; English translation (attilus.org; last accessed 17 March 2020)
- ↑ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rufus, Gaius Valgius". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 821.
