| 1
| ROM {January 14 -R} The birth of M.Antonius, the future triumvir.
* Read Plutarch's account
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#EhrJon:Fast_Jan14;
~Plut:Ant_86'8;*
Appian:BCiv_5'8;
{ ~OCD_a.}
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| 2
| IT+ << Sulla arranges a treaty with the Italian allies.
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~[Liv]:Per_86;
{ CAH_9'191.}
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| 3
| ROM The senate passes a decree to use temple ornaments to provide their soldiers' pay.
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+ValMax_7.6'4.
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| 4
| CIS Sulla sends Pompeius to join Metellus in northern Italy.
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~Plut:Pomp_8'5-7.
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| 5
| Metellus defeats Carinas by the river Aesis.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~Plut:Pomp_7'6;*
+Appian:BCiv_1'87;
+Oros_5.20'5;
{ CAH_9'192.}
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| 6
| AFR C.Fabius Hadrianus, propraetor in Africa, is burnt to death in a riot at Utica.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Verr_2.1'70;*
~Diod_38.11'1;
~[Liv]:Per_86;
ValMax_9.10'2;
~Oros_5.20'3;
{ CAH_9'191; DPRR.}
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| 7
| SPA Sertorius arrives in Spain; counted by some as the start of the war against Sertorius.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Sall:Hist_1'83;L
~Plut:Sert_6'4-9;*
Flor_2.10'2;
Appian:Hisp_101;
Exsuper_49-51;
~Oros_5.23'13.
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| 8
| PON Heracleia refuses to take sides in the dispute between Murena and Mithridates.
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Memn_26'2.
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| 9
| ROM {28 May -R} The birth of M.Caelius Rufus and C.Licinius Calvus, on the same day.
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#Plin:HN_7'165;
{ OCD_calv; OCD_cael<88/7>.}
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| 10
| ETR Sulla defeats Marius at Sacriportus, and forces him to take refuge in Praeneste.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Sall:Hist_1'30-32;
Diod_38.15'1;
+[Liv]:Per_87;
+Vell_2.26'1;
+Plut:Sull_28'7-15;*
Flor_2.9'23;
+Appian:BCiv_1'87;
[Vict]:VirIll_68'3,
75'8;
+Eutrop_5.8'1;
Exsuper_31;
+Oros_5.20'6;
{ CAH_9'192; OCD_m.}
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| 11
| CIS Pompeius defeats Marcius at Senae.
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+Appian:BCiv_1'88;
{ CAH_9'193.}
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| 12
| ROM The first public performance of the actress Galeria Copiola.
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+Plin:HN_7'158.
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| 13
| ?? Scaevola avoids the expense of speaking in defence of Glabrio.
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Cic:Att_6.1'4.
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| 14
| ++ General comments on the character of Q.Scaevola "the Pontifex", a noted expert on Roman law.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Top_29,
37,
:Off_1'116,
3'62-63,
'70,
:Att_8.3'6;*
ValMax_8.12'1;
Plin:HN_18'32;L
Quint_12.3'9;
Justin:Dig_1.2.2'41-43<q"
Pomponius>;
Gell_5.19'7.
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| 15
| Marius orders a massacre of his opponents at Rome, including C.Carbo and Scaevola.
* Read Appian's account
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Cic:Brut_311,
:ND_3'80,
:Fam_9.21'3;
Diod_37.29'5,
38.17'1;
+[Liv]:Per_86;
+Vell_2.26'2-3;
ValMax_9.2'3;
Lucan_2'126-129;
+Flor_2.9'21;
+Appian:BCiv_1'88;*
[Vict]:VirIll_68'2;
August:DeCiv_3'28,
'29;(↓)
+Oros_5.20'4;
{ CAH_9'192; OCD_s.}
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| 16
| Marius removes a great quantity of gold from the Capitol and elsewhere in Rome, and keeps it at Praeneste.
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+Plin:HN_33'16.
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| 17
| Sulla enters Rome, after handing over command at Praeneste to Q.Ofella.
* Read Dio's account
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+[Liv]:Per_87;
Plut:Mor_786'D-E;
+Appian:BCiv_1'89;
DioCass_fr.108'1-2;*
Eutrop_5.8'1;
{ CAH_9'193.}
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| 18
| ETR Further victories of Sulla, at the river Glanis, Saturnia, and Neapolis.
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+Appian:BCiv_1'89.
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| 19
| PON Murena invades Pontus, ignoring instructions brought from Rome by Calidius.
* Read Appian's account
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+[Liv]:Per_86;
Memn_26'3;
~Appian:Mith_65'*
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| 20
| SAR L.Philippus wins over Sardinia for Sulla.
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~[Liv]:Per_86;
{ CAH_9'191.}
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| 20a
| PEL Document: IG_4.2, a decree of Megara about measures to recover from war and pirate raids.
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| 21
| PAL << Alexander Jannaeus attacks his neighbours on the east side of the river Jordan, and captures Dium, Essa, Gaulana, Seleuceia, and Gamala.
* Read Josephus' account
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Joseph:BJ_1'104-105,*
~:AJ_13'393-394;
+Hieron:Chron_1934.
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| 22
| ETR An indecisive battle between Sulla and Carbo at Clusium.
* Read Appian's account
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~[Liv]:Per_88;
+Vell_2.28'1;
Plin:HN_8'221;
+Appian:BCiv_1'89.* (↓)
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| 23
| Pompeius defeats Carinas near Spoletium, and then ambushes a detachment under Marcius.
* Read Appian's account
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+Appian:BCiv_1'90;*
+Oros_5.20'7;
{ CAH_9'193.}
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| 24
| Sulla fortifies the approaches to Praeneste, and stops an attempt by the Samnites to reach Marius.
* Read Appian's account
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+[Liv]:Per_87;
+Appian:BCiv_1'90.* (↓)
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| 25
| CIS A failed night attack on Metellus at Faventia.
* Read Appian's account
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~[Liv]:Per_88;
+Vell_2.28'1;
+Appian:BCiv_1'91;*
+Oros_5.20'7.
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| 26
| M.Lucullus defeats Quinctius at Fidentia.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~[Liv]:Per_88;
+Vell_2.28'1;
Plut:Luc_37'1,
:Sull_27'14-17;*
+Appian:BCiv_1'92;
+Oros_5.20'5;
{ CAH_9'194.}
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| 27
| AS1 << Murena deposes Moagetes, tyrant of Cibyra.
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Strab_13'631.(4.17)
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| 28
| PON Mithridates defeats Murena and forces him to retreat to Phrygia.
* Read Appian's account
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Memn_26'4;
~Appian:Mith_65-66;*
{ Green_722.}
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| 29
| CIS Albinovanus murders the officers of Norbanus, who escapes to Rhodes.
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+Appian:BCiv_1'91;
{ CAH_9'194.}
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| 30
| ETR Carbo flees to Africa, and the remains of his army are crushed by Pompeius.
* Read Appian's account
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Sall:Hist_1'33;L
~[Liv]:Per_88;
+Plut:Sull_28'17;
+Appian:BCiv_1'92;*
[Vict]:VirIll_75'8;
+Eutrop_5.8'2;
Exsuper_52;
{ CAH_9'194; OCD_c.}
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| 31
| PON Mithridates offers a huge sacrifice to Zeus Stratios, to celebrate his victory.
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~Appian:Mith_66'
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| 32
| ROM {1 Nov. -R} Pontius Telesinus marches on Rome with the Samnite army, but is defeated and killed by Sulla at the Colline Gate.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Sall:Hist_1'34;L
~[Liv]:Per_88,
:EpOx_fr.a'230-232;L
Strab_5'249;(4.11)
#Vell_2.27'1-3;
ValMax_1.2'3;
Lucan_2'135-138;
Frontin:Str_1.11'11;
~Plut:Sull_29'1-30'1,*
:Crass_6'6;
Flor_2.9'22-23;
+Appian:BCiv_1'92-93;(↓)
+Eutrop_5.8'1;
+Oros_5.20'9;
{ CAH_9'194-195; OCD_p.}
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| 33
| Sulla orders the massacre of at least 3,000 Samnite prisoners.
* Read Dio's account
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~[Liv]:Per_88;
~Strab_5'249;(4.11)
ValMax_9.2'1;
Sen:Ben_5.16'3;
Plut:Sull_30'2-6;
Flor_2.9'24-25;
+Appian:BCiv_1'93;(↓)
Ampel_42'3;
~DioCass_fr.109'1-7;*
(?)
AnthPal_7'312<q"
Quadratus>;
[Vict]:VirIll_75'10;
August:DeCiv_3'28;
~Oros_5.21'1;
{ CAH_9'195.}
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| 34
| ?? Sulla rewards inhabitants of Spain, Gaul and Sicily, including Ariston of Massilia and Diodorus of Lilybaeum, with Roman citizenship.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Verr_2.4'37,*
:Balb_50,
:Arch_25.
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| 35
| ETR ++ General comments on the high losses suffered by both sides during Sulla's civil war.
* Read Appian's account
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Einsied_2'32-34;
Appian:BCiv_1'82,(↓)
'84,*
'104;(↓)
Eutrop_5.9'2;
Oros_5.22'2-4,
6.14'3.
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| 36
| Praeneste is captured and Marius commits suicide: the end of the civil war.
* Read Appian's account
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Diod_37.29'4,
38.15'1;
~[Liv]:Per_88;
Strab_5'239;(3.11)
FGrH_252'A4;
+Vell_2.27'4-6;
+ValMax_6.8'2;
Lucan_2'193-195;
Frontin:Str_2.9'3;
Plut:Sull_32'1-2,
33'5,
:Mar_46'9;
+Appian:BCiv_1'94,*
'101;
[Vict]:VirIll_68'4;
~Oros_5.21'8-10;
{ CAH_9'789; OCD_p.}
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| 37
| ROM Sulla assumes the title Felix.
* Read Appian's account
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Diod_38.15'1;
Liv_30.45'6;
+Vell_2.27'5;
ValMax_6.4'4,
9.2'1;
Sen:Dial_6.12'6;
Plin:HN_7'137;
Plut:Sull_34'3-4,
:Mor_318'D,
542'F;
~Appian:BCiv_1'97;*
[Vict]:VirIll_75'9;
{ CAH_9'199.}
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| 38
| Sulla institutes circus games to celebrate his victory.
* Read Velleius' account
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+Vell_2.27'6;*
Ascon_88,L (↓)
93.L
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| 39
| A golden statue is put up of Sulla on horseback.
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Cic:Phil_9'13;
Vell_2.61'3;
{ CAH_9'199.}
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| 40
| L.Flaccus passes a law to appoint Sulla dictator and give him autocratic power.
* Read Appian's account
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Cic:RoscAm_125,
:Verr_2.3'82,
:LegAgr_3'5-6,
'8,
:Leg_1'42,L
:Att_9.15'2;
~[Liv]:Per_89;
FGrH_252'A5;
Vell_2.28'2;
~Plut:Sull_33'1-2;
Appian:BCiv_1'3,
~'98-99;*
Ampel_18'6;
DioCass_36.31'4;
~Oros_5.21'12;
{ CAH_9'199.}
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| 41
| Q.Ofella illegally stands as candidate for the consulship, but he is killed by order of Sulla.
* Read Appian's account
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~[Liv]:Per_89;
Ascon_91;L
~Plut:Sull_33'5-6,
40'7;
~Appian:BCiv_1'100,
'101;*
DioCass_37.10'2;
{ CAH_9'200.}
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| 42
| Sulla persuades Pompeius to divorce Antistia and marry Aemilia.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Plut:Sull_33'4,
~:Pomp_9'1-4;*
{ CAH_9'196.}
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| 43
| SIC M.Perperna organises resistance in Sicily, but leaves when he hears that Pompeius has been sent against him.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~Diod_38.14'1;
~Plut:Pomp_10'1-2,*
20'6.
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| 44
| M.Brutus commits suicide at Lilybaeum.
* Read Livy's account
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~[Liv]:Per_89.*
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| 45
| ?? Valerius Soranus discloses the secret name of Rome's guardian deity.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Plin:HN_3'65;
Plut:Mor_278'F;*
{ This is also mentioned by Servius on Verg:A.1.277.}
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| 46
| Pompeius captures and kills Carbo.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Sall:Hist_1'44;L
~[Liv]:Per_89;
ValMax_5.3'5,
6.2'8,
9.13'2;
Lucan_2'547-548;
~Plut:Pomp_10'4-6;*
~Appian:BCiv_1'96;(↓)
Eutrop_5.8'2;
~Oros_5.21'11;
{ CAH_9'196.}
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| 47
| Pompeius puts the poet Q.Valerius Soranus to death after questioning him.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~Plut:Pomp_10'7-9;*
Flor_2.9'26.
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| 48
| ITA << M.Aurius is murdered, probably at the instigation of Oppianicus.
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Cic:Clu_21-24;
{ During the civil war in Italy.}
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| 49
| ROM ?? L.Catilina is involved in violence and crime while still a young man.
* Read Sallust's account
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Sall:Cat_5'1-8,*
16'1-3.
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| 50
| ?? Q.Fadius Gallus leaves his estate to P.Sextilius Rufus.
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Cic:Fin_2'55,
'58;
{ Cicero says this happened when he was young.}
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| 51
| ?? Cicero is taken to listen to Pupius Piso.
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Ascon_15.L
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| 52
| ?? L.Aelius teaches Cicero and Varro.
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Cic:Brut_205-207.
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| 53
| == Varro learns the Greek language.
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+Hieron:Chron_1935.
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| 54
| NAR << C.Flaccus awards Roman citizenship to Caburus, a Gallic chieftain.
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Caes:BGall_1.47'4;
{ DPRR.}
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| 55
| == L.Scipio goes into exile at Massilia.
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Cic:Sest_7;
Schol:Bob_126.L
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| 56
| ETR == Document: CIL_1.2510, an inscription in honour of A.Pompeius at Interamna in Umbria.
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| 57
| AEG ?? Document: GRA_14965, a memorial for a Rhodian statesman, erected by his grandchildren.
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