Quintus Lutatius Catulus - Ancient Sources

Ancient Sources

  • Plutarch, Life of Marius and Life of Sulla
  • Appian, Bellum Civile i. 74
  • Velleius Paterculus ii. 21
  • Florus iii. 21
  • Valerius Maximus vi. 3, ix. 13
  • Cicero, De Oratore iii. 8 and Brutus 35

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