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- ↑ Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 24.41.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Acra Leuce". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London: John Murray.
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