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The Page-numbers From The Originals Of The Papers Reprinted Or Translated In This Volume Are Inserted Into The Text In Square Brackets (occasionally Slightly Displaced To Avoid Breaking Words Or Confusing References). Editorial Interventions In The Text Itself Are Not Marked, But Have Been Limited To The Correction Of Obvious Errors, Especially In Typographical Matters And References, The Application Of A Certain Level Of Consistency In References To Ancient And Modern Works (often Essential For Transparency), And The Adoption Throughout Of An Author-date System Of Referencing Modern Literature. Where References To Ancient Texts Depend On Particular Editions, Bibliographical Details Are Given In The Index Locorum-- Provided By Publisher.