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190:(modern
152:Octavian
118:Gergovie
715:X, 3722
676:c. 128
650:c. 125
555:X, 1254
543:c. 234
473:c. 186
459:X, 3872
447:c. 162
412:c. 120
250:Treveri
215:castrum
145:Tunisia
92:of the
90:legions
75:Augusta
36:Hadrian
623:c. 65
394:79/81
321:Italia
223:Danube
200:Burnum
122:Alesia
79:purple
67:Aureus
352:Year
346:Name
291:Rhine
282:with
271:(now
219:Novae
133:Egypt
40:Rhine
256:and
254:Ubii
238:Otho
230:Nero
192:Ptuj
120:and
734:CIL
711:CIL
684:CIL
658:CIL
631:CIL
605:CIL
577:CIL
551:CIL
525:CIL
499:CIL
455:CIL
429:CIL
420:CIL
371:69
319:of
267:in
217:at
42:at
1420::
925:^
884:.
866:.
824:.
750:-
202:,
96:.
1040:e
1033:t
1026:v
888:.
870:.
852:.
828:.
792:.
426:,
81:.
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