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- 1 2 Scarborough, John (2013). "Theodora, Aetius of Amida and Procopius". Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies. n.27.
- ↑ Scarborough, John (2013). "Theodora, Aetius of Amida and Procopius". Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies: 752.
- ↑ Flemming, Rebecca (2007). "Women, Writing and Medecine in the Classical World". The Classical Quarterly. 57 (1): 257–279. ISSN 0009-8388.
- ↑ Muir, Steven; Totelin, Laurence (2013). "Medicine and Disease". In Tillich, Janet H. (ed.). A Cultural History of Women in Antiquity. p. 103.
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