PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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periods of restitutions ‘periods of restitutions’

English

References: PH Hamm: I.2:1, 45:18-19
Translation of:
Greek: περιοδικαὶ ἀποκαταστάσεις [PH Heiberg: I.2:1, 72:11]