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- 1 2 Heather, P. J. (Peter J.) (2018). Rome resurgent : war and empire in the age of Justinian. New York, NY. ISBN 978-0-19-936274-5. OCLC 1007044617.
- ↑ Amory, Patrick (2003). People and Identity in Ostrogothic Italy, 489-554, Cambridge University Press, p. 436.