VERTEDOR BALLESTEROS, B.; ROSSELLÓ CALAFELL, G.; SÁNCHEZ MEDINA, E. "Regalos diplomáticos, venalidad y escenarios: la degradación de la diplomacia romano-africana entre los siglos III y II a.C.", en S. Aounallah, F. Hurlet, P. Ruggeri (eds.), L’Africa Romana, XXII, Epigraphica 52, 2024, 191-202. (original) (raw)
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