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c._n livius_n salinator_n as_o livy_n and_o cassiodorus_n testify_v together_o with_o the_o sicilian_a and_o capitol_n table_n 567_o m._n aimilius_n lepidus_n c._n flaminius_n the_o next_o consul_n be_v m._n aimilius_n lepidus_n &_o c._n flaminius_n as_o witness_v livy_n cassiodorus_n zonaras_n strabo_n in_o his_o five_o book_n the_o sicilian_a &_o capitol_n table_n of_o they_o valerius_n make_v mention_n in_o his_o six_o book_n this_o be_v that_o m._n lepidus_n who_o be_v the_o archbishop_n twice_o consul_n censor_n and_o precedent_n of_o the_o senate_n six_o time_n choose_v by_o the_o censour_n and_o this_o be_v that_o c._n flaminius_n who_o afterward_o by_o cato_n the_o censor_n be_v displace_v out_o of_o the_o senate_n and_o disrobe_v 568_o sp._n posthumius_fw-la albinus_n q._n martius_n philippus_n livie_n cassiodorus_n eutropius_n and_o the_o capitol_n table_n report_v consul_n for_o this_o year_n sp._n posthumius_fw-la albinus_n and_o q._n martius_n philippus_n the_o sicilian_a 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