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A52788 The life and death of Pomponius Atticus written by his contemporary and acquaintance Cornelius Nepos ; translated out of his fragments, together with observations, political and moral, thereupon.; Atticus. English Nepos, Cornelius. 1677 (1677) Wing N427; ESTC R3408 79,059 268

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