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1238:Aleria
993:Vegoia
921:Lausus
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516:2.9-13
447:
412:Pollio
375:Clélie
372:wrote
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203:Aricia
139:Rubens
98:Chiusi
1383:Vulci
1343:Spina
1328:Pyrgi
1278:Cumae
1253:Caere
1233:Adria
998:Vulca
973:Tages
956:Raeti
881:Coins
790:Capys
662:36.19
495:2.3-7
325:JSTOR
311:books
211:Cumae
199:Latin
168:eques
1358:Veii
1258:Ceri
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645:2.15
635:Livy
624:2.14
614:Livy
600:2.13
590:Livy
569:Livy
553:ISBN
537:3.72
506:Livy
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297:news
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280:by
76:war
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