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Fisher, C. D. (ed.) (1906), Cornelii Taciti Annalium Ab Excessu Divi Augusti Libri, Oxford.
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Furneaux, H. (1907), Cornelii Taciti Annalium Ab Excessu Divi Augusti Libri/ The Annals of Tacitus edited with introduction and notes, vol. II. Books XI–XVI, 2nd edn, revised by H. F. Pelham and C. D. Fisher, Oxford.
Koestermann, E. (1968), Cornelius Tacitus, Annalen, erläutert und mit einer Einleitung versehen, Band IV: Buch 14–16, Heidelberg.
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