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- ↑ Roman Inscriptions of Britain: RIB 1142. Altar dedicated by Quintus Calpurnius Concessinius
- ↑ Shotter 2012, p. 49: "We hear, too, of the annihilation of a band of Corionototae (possibly a Brigantian sub-group who lived near Corbridge)."
- 1 2 Waldman, Carl; Mason, Catherine (2006). Encyclopedia of European Peoples. Infobase Publishing. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-4381-2918-1.
- ↑ Delamarre 2003, pp. 125–126.
- 1 2 Charles-Edwards 1974.
- ↑ David Mattingly, An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, Penguin (2007)
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