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nautius_n cassiodorus_n avouch_v consul_n this_o year_n m._n marcellus_n and_o cn._n nautius_n the_o greek_a record_n and_o cuspinian_o book_n have_v marcellus_n and_o rutilus_n 468_o m._n valerius_n c._n aelius_n marcus_n valerius_n and_o c._n aelius_n be_v range_v in_o this_o year_n for_o consul_n by_o cassiodorus_n cuspinian_o book_n put_v forth_o maximus_n and_o paetus_n but_o the_o greek_a record_n potitus_n and_o paetus_n now_o you_o must_v think_v that_o both_o maximus_n &_o potitus_n be_v the_o surname_n of_o the_o valerij_fw-la 469_o c._n claudius_n m._n aemilius_n for_o this_o year_n consul_n cassiodorus_n have_v c._n claudius_n and_o m._n aimilius_n the_o greek_a record_n and_o cuspinian_o book_n canina_n and_o lepidus_n whereof_o the_o former_a be_v the_o surname_n of_o claudius_n the_o latter_a of_o aemilius_n 470_o c._n servilius_n l._n caecilius_n by_o cassiodorus_n c._n servilius_n and_o l._n caecilius_n metellus_n be_v place_v consul_n in_o this_o year_n for_o 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the_o capitol_n of_o their_o triumph_n 474_o p._n valerius_n t._n coruncanius_n p._n vb._n valerius_n and_o tit._n coruncanius_n be_v by_o cassiodorus_n place_v in_o this_o year_n for_o coss._n the_o greek_a record_n cuspinian_o book_n florus_n orosius_n and_o eutropius_n give_v to_o valerius_n the_o surname_n of_o laevinus_n and_o plutarch_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 475_o p._n sulpitius_n p._n decius_n next_o after_o those_o cassiodorus_n put_v down_o p._n sulpitius_n consul_n with_o p._n decius_n the_o sicilian_a register_n have_v savennio_n and_o mus._n cicero_n in_o his_o 2_o book_n entitle_v de_n fin._n and_o in_o his_o tusculan_a disputation_n say_v that_o this_o pub._n decius_n be_v the_o son_n of_o that_o p._n decius_n who_o vow_v himself_o to_o death_n in_o the_o samiâ—ites_n and_o gaul_n war_n 476_o c._n fabricius_n q._n aimilius_n cassiodorus_n deliver_v unto_o we_o for_o consul_n c._n fabricius_n and_o q._n aimilius_n who_o cuspinian_o book_n and_o the_o greek_a record_n call_v luscinus_n the_o second_o time_n and_o papus_n that_o these_o be_v fellow_n together_o once_o before_o in_o the_o consulate_a cicero_n write_v in_o his_o book_n laelius_n plutarch_n in_o pyrrhus_n gellius_n 3_o book_n chap._n 8._o eutropius_n and_o zonaras_n make_v report_n of_o the_o same_o 477_o p._n cornelius_n c._n junius_n pvb._n cornelius_n and_o c._n junius_n be_v rehearse_v for_o consul_n this_o year_n by_o cassiodorus_n cuspinian_o book_n have_v rufinus_n the_o second_o time_n and_o brutus_n the_o greek_a record_n rufinus_n and_o bubulcus_n zonara_n have_v r._n finus_fw-la and_o junius_n of_o p._n r._n finus_fw-la twice_o consul_n cic._n in_o his_o 2_o book_n of_o a_o perfect_a orator_n valer._n max._n in_o his_o 3_o book_n and_o 4_o chap._n gellius_n in_o his_o 4_o book_n and_o 8_o chap._n in_o his_o 17_o book_n likewise_o and_o 21_o chap._n and_o last_o of_o all_o frontinus_n in_o his_o book_n of_o stratagem_n make_v 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