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livius.org/sources/content/herodian-s-roman-history/herodian-2.5
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Didius_Julianus*.html
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https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Didius_Julianus*.html
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Didius_Julianus*.html
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Didius_Julianus*.html
livius.org/articles/person/didius-julianus
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/74*.html
livius.org/sources/content/herodian-s-roman-history/herodian-2.6
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/74*.html
livius.org/articles/person/didius-julianus/didius-julianus-2
livius.org/sources/content/herodian-s-roman-history/herodian-2.12
Cassius Dio - Roman History

Herodian - Roman History

Historia Augusta

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