| 1
| ROM {1 Jan -R} Marius orders the murder of Sex.Lucilius.
* Read Livy's account
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#[Liv]:Per_80;*
~Vell_2.24'2;
+Plut:Mar_45'3;
DioCass_fr.102'12;
{ CAH_9'179; DPRR.}
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| 2
| Cinna and Sertorius massacre the freed slaves, who had been responsible for many violent crimes.
* Read Appian's account
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Plut:Sert_5'7,
:Mar_44'10;
Appian:BCiv_1'74;*
~Oros_5.19'24;
{ CAH_9'179.}
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| 3
| ?? An eagle provides an omen for Marius at Arpinum.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Leg_1'1-3,L
:Div_1'106.*
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| 4
| ?? Marius undergoes an operation for varicose veins.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Cic:Tusc_2'35,
'53;
Plin:HN_11'252;L
Plut:Mar_6'5-7,*
:Mor_202'B.
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| 5
| ?? Marius builds a villa near Misenum, which earns the admiration of Sulla.
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Plin:HN_18'32.L
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| 6
| ++ Marius always drinks from the same tankard.
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ValMax_3.6'6;
Plin:HN_33'150;
Plut:Mor_461'E.
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| 7
| ++ General comments on the warlike and uncouth character of Marius.
* Read Plutarch's account
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[Liv]:Per_80;
ValMax_2.2'3,
6.9'14;
Plut:Luc_38'3,
:Sull_30'6,
:Mar_2'1-4,*
:Mor_553'A;
August:DeCiv_2'23;(↓↓)
Schol:Bob_176.L
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| 8
| {13 Jan -R} The death of C.Marius.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Cic:ND_3'81;
Diod_37.29'3-4;
#[Liv]:Per_80;
+Vell_2.23'1;
Lucan_2'74,
'130-133;
#Plut:Mar_45'4-46'6;*
Flor_2.9'17;
+Appian:BCiv_1'75;
[Vict]:VirIll_67'6;
+Oros_5.19'23;
{ CAH_9'179; OCD³.}
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| 9
| Fimbria attempts to murder Scaevola at Marius' funeral, and then prosecutes him.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:RoscAm_33;*
ValMax_9.11'2;
{ CAH_9'179; OCD³.}
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| 10
| ETR {Jan -R} Document: CIL_1.713, recording the cleaning of an aqueduct at Cales.
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| 11
| ROM Flaccus is appointed consul in place of Marius.
* Read Appian's account
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+Vell_2.23'2;
Plut:Sull_20'1;
+Appian:Mith_51,*
+:BCiv_1'75;
{ CAH_9'181; DPRR.}
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| 12
| GRE << Lucullus sets sail for Egypt, to try to collect warships for Sulla.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Plut:Luc_2'3-4;*
~Appian:Mith_33,
51;
{ CAH_9'153; Hölbl_p212.}
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| 13
| PEL << Sulla despoils the temples at Olympia, Epidaurus, and Delphi, and steals other treasures to provide funds for his army.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~Diod_38.7'1;
~Plut:Sull_12'5-14;*
Paus_9.33'6,
10.21'6;
Aelian:Fr_53;
Suda_T'556;
{ CAH_9'154.}
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| 14
| The sacred lamp at Athens loses its flame.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~Plut:Sull_13'3,*
:Num_9'12.
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| 15
| The Athenians yell out insults against Sulla and his wife Metella.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Plut:Sull_2'2,*
6'23,
~13'1,
:Mor_505'B.
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| 16
| Aristion unsuccessfully attempts to reach terms as the Athenians start to suffer from the siege.
@
~Plut:Sull_13'1-5.
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| 17
| ITA {5 Feb -R} Document: CIL_1.891, a tessera from near Capua.
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| 18
| GRE Munatius defeats Neoptolemus at Chalcis.
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~Appian:Mith_34'
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| 19
| Inconclusive fighting between Archelaus and the Romans at Peiraeus.
* Read Appian's account
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Frontin:Str_1.11'20;
~Appian:Mith_34-37;*
Gell_15.1'4-7;
+Obseq_56b.
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| 20
| {1 March -R = Anthesterion -G} Sulla captures Athens.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Diod_38.6'1;
~[Liv]:Per_81;
#Plut:Sull_14'1-10,*
43'5,
:Mor_505'A-B;
Flor_1.40'10;
~Appian:Mith_38;
Paus_1.20'4,
'6;
+Obseq_56b;
+Hieron:Chron_1931;
Oros_6.2'5;
{ CAH_9'154; Green_563.}
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| 21
| Sulla punishes the Athenians, but allows them to keep their freedom.
* Read Appian's account
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~[Liv]:Per_81;
Strab_9'398;(1.20)
Memn_22'11;
Plut:Luc_19'5,
:Sull_43'5,
:Mor_202'E;
Flor_1.40'10;
~Appian:Mith_38.* (↓)
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| 22
| ++ The cruelty of Aristion as tyrant of Athens.
* Read Velleius' account
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Vell_2.23'4-5;*
Athen_5.214'b-d.
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| 23
| The acropolis is captured, and Aristion is killed.
* Read Appian's account
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Strab_9'398;(1.20)
+Plut:Sull_14'11-12,
23'3;
~Appian:Mith_39;*
Paus_1.20'6-7,
9.33'6;
GranLic_24;
{ CAH_9'154.}
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| 23a
| EGY {12 Phamenoth -E = March} A festival is held in Memphis, (?) for the 30th jubilee of Ptolemy IX.
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AET_9.1'L;
{ Hölbl_p212.}
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| 24
| MAC Arcathias and Taxiles, the generals of Mithridates, overrun Macedonia.
* Read Appian's account
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~[Liv]:Per_82;
Memn_22'12;
~Appian:Mith_35,*
41;
{ CAH_9'153.}
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| 25
| << The Thracians invade Macedonia again.
* Read Livy's account
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~[Liv]:Per_81,*
82.
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| 26
| GRE Sulla captures Peiraeus, but Archelaus escapes by sea.
* Read Appian's account
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Strab_9'396,(1.15)
14'654;(2.9)
Vell_2.23'3;
+Plut:Sull_14'13,
42'7;
Flor_1.40'10;
~Appian:Mith_40-41;*
[Vict]:VirIll_75'7;
Eutrop_5.6'1.
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| 27
| ROM Flaccus passes a law to cancel the majority of debts.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Font_1;*
Sall:Cat_33'2;
+Vell_2.23'3;
{ CAH_9'180; OCD³.}
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| 28
| GRE Archelaus joins up with Taxiles' army and faces Sulla near Elateia.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Memn_22'13;
+Plut:Sull_15'1-16'15;*
~Appian:Mith_41;
Paus_10.34'2,
'4,
'6.
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| 29
| Sulla defeats Archelaus and destroys his army at Chaeroneia.
* Read Plutarch's account
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SEG_41.448;
~[Liv]:Per_82;
Strab_9'414;(2.37)
Memn_22'13;
Plut:Luc_3'6,
11'6,
+:Sull_17'1-19'11,*
22'7;
Flor_1.40'11;
~Appian:Mith_42-45;
Paus_1.20'6,
9.40'7;
Eutrop_5.6'2;
Oros_6.2'5;
{ CAH_9'154-156; OCD³.}
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| 30
| Sulla punishes the Thebans by confiscating their territory.
* Read Pausanias' account
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+Plut:Sull_19'12;
Paus_9.7'5-6,*
30'1.
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| 30a
| Document: THI_129, a decree of Thespiae in honour of Q. Bruttius Sura.
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| 31
| AS1 Mithridates murders the tetrarchs of Galatia and their families.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Plut:Mor_259'A-D;
~Appian:Mith_46,*
58;
{ CAH_9'159.}
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| 32
| AEG Zenobius the general of Mithridates forcibly transports the inhabitants of Chios to Pontus.
* Read Appian's account
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Syll_785'12-13<t=B
Sherk_108>;
Joseph:AJ_16'18;
Memn_23'1-2;
~Appian:Mith_46-47;*
Athen_6.266'd-f;
{ CAH_9'159.}
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| 33
| Archelaus uses his fleet to loot coastal areas and sail to Chalcis.
* Read Appian's account
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~Appian:Mith_45;*
GranLic_25.
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| 34
| AS1 The Ephesians capture and kill Zenobius, and declare war on Mithridates.
* Read Appian's account
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Syll_742.A;
~Appian:Mith_48;*
Oros_6.2'8;
{ CAH_9'159.}
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| 34a
| ASI Mithridates is appointed "stephanephoros" of Miletus.
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Syll_322'D.
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| 35
| CYR Lucullus restores stability to Cyrene after a period of revolution.
* Read Josephus' account
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Joseph:AJ_14'114-118<q"*
Strab>;
~Plut:Luc_2'4-5.
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| 36
| EGY Ptolemy cruelly suppresses a revolt by the inhabitants of Thebes.
@
~Paus_1.9'3;
{ Hölbl_p211=88; the revolt lasted for 3 years, probably dated from the return of Ptolemy IX.}
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| 37
| SYR << Antiochus Dionysus is proclaimed king at Damascus.
* Read Josephus' account
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~Joseph:AJ_13'387;*
(?)
Malal_208,
211;
{ CAH_8'517; Green_721.}
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| 38
| MAC Flaccus marches through Macedonia after being appointed by the senate to take command of the war against Mithridates.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Memn_24'1;
+Plut:Sull_20'1-3;*
+Appian:Mith_51,
:BCiv_1'75;
{ CAH_9'157; OCD³.}
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| 39
| AS1 Mithridates savagely punishes his opponents at Smyrna, Lesbos, Pergamon, Adramyttium, and elsewhere, and plunders the cities of Asia.
* Read Appian's account
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Cic:Verr_2.2'51,
:Flac_59;
~[Liv]:Per_82;
~Appian:Mith_48;*
Oros_6.2'8.
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| 39a
| Atrocities committed by Diodorus at Adramyttium, on behalf of Mithridates.
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Phld:Acad_35;B
Strab_13'614.(1.66)
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| 40
| GRE Mithridates sends another army to Greece under the command of Dorylaus, but it is defeated by Sulla at Orchomenus.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~[Liv]:Per_82;
Frontin:Str_2.3'17,
8'12;
Plut:Luc_3'6,
11'6,
~:Sull_20'3-21'6,*
22'7;
Flor_1.40'11;
~Appian:Mith_49;
GranLic_24,
'25;
Polyaen_8.9'2;
[Vict]:VirIll_75'7;
Eutrop_5.6'2;
AmmMarc_16.12'41;
Oros_6.2'6;
{ CAH_9'154, '158; Green_721.}
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| 41
| Sulla storms the camp of his opponents and slaughters most of them; Archelaus escapes by hiding in a swamp.
* Read Appian's account
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~Plut:Sull_21'7-8,
26'7;
~Appian:Mith_50;*
GranLic_25-26;
Eutrop_5.6'2;
Oros_6.2'7.
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| 42
| GRE {Bucatius -G = August/Sept.} Document: Burstein_82B (Syll_738), a decree of Delphi in honour of Polygnota, after the Pythian games were cancelled.
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| 43
| Lucullus is greeted warmly by Ptolemy, but given little material help.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Cic:Arch_11,
:Acad_2'4,
'11-12,
'61;
~Plut:Luc_2'6-3'1;*
[Vict]:VirIll_74'2;
{ CAH_9'317; Hölbl_p212.}
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| 44
| THR Flaccus quarrels with his legate C.Fimbria.
* Read Diodorus' account
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Diod_38.8'1-2;*
Memn_24'2;
Appian:Mith_51-52;(↓)
DioCass_fr.104'3-5.
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| 45
| ROM Cinna is re-elected consul for the following year.
* Read Appian's account
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Appian:BCiv_1'75;*
[Vict]:VirIll_69'3;
{ DPRR.}
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| 46
| MAC Sulla takes his army to Thessaly for the winter.
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~Appian:Mith_51;
{ CAH_9'158.}
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| 47
| Sulla and Archelaus start to negotiate about peace terms.
* Read Appian's account
@
~[Liv]:Per_82;
Memn_25'1;
~Plut:Sull_22'3-9;
~Appian:Mith_54-55;*
GranLic_26-27;
{ CAH_9'158.}
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| 48
| AS1 The cities of Asia refuse to let Flaccus and his army inside their walls.
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Cic:Flac_61.
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| 48a
| CIL == Document: SEG_44.1227, a letter from Lucullus to the city of Mopsuestia.
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| 49
| ROM << C.Caesar is nominated to be Flamen Dialis.
* Read Velleius' account
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Vell_2.43'1;*
~Suet:Caes_1'1;
{ CAH_9'178; ~ DPRR.}
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| 50
| == Cn.Pompeius is accused of embezzlement, but acquitted, and marries the daughter of Antistius, the praetor who judged the case.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Cic:Brut_230;
Seneca:Contr_7.2'6;L
~Plut:Pomp_4'1-10;*
{ CAH_9'181, '515.}
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| 51
| == The censors Philippus and Perperna review the senate.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Dom_83-84;*
+FastCap_p74;
ValMax_8.13'4;
{ CAH_9'180; OCD³.}
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| 52
| == The birth of the historian C.Sallustius Crispus.
* Read ChroniconPaschale's account
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ChronPasc_449'A;*
+Hieron:Chron_1930;
{ OCD³; Green_721.}
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| 53
| ?? The poet Accius refuses to stand in the presence of C.Caesar.
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ValMax_3.7'11.
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| 54
| ?? Accius sets up a colossal statue of himself.
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Plin:HN_34'19.
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| 55
| ?? A saying of Accius, about oratory.
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Quint_5.13'43;
{ OCD³.}
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| 56
| ?? Iaia of Cyzicus is renowned as a female painter, working in Rome.
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Plin:HN_35'147-148;
{ When M.Varro was a young man.}
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