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References
- 1 2 Silius Italicus, Punica , 3, 354
- 1 2 3 Silius Italicus, Punica, 5, 219-233
- 1 2 Luciano Pérez Vilatela (2000). Lusitania: historia y etnología (in Spanish). Real Academia de Historia. ISBN 978-84-895126-8-9.
- ↑ Martín Sarmiento (2008). Obra de 660 pliegos, Volumen 4 (in Spanish). CSIC Press. ISBN 978-84-965303-8-6.
- ↑ Luís de Camões, Os Lusíadas , Canto III