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References
- ↑ Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.21
- ↑ Barry Cunliffe, Iron Age Communities in Britain, fourth edition, Routledge, 2005.
- ↑ Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.17-23
- ↑ William Camden, Britannia, Oxfordshire §20
- ↑ Webster, Graham (2000). Boudica: The British Revolt Against Rome AD 60. Routledge. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-415-22606-6.
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