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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <backlinks>
      <bl pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page" />
      <bl pageid="1281" ns="0" title="Marcus Octavius Gracchus (Nova Roma)" />
      <bl pageid="1283" ns="0" title="Nova Roma" />
      <bl pageid="1294" ns="0" title="MMDCCLV" />
      <bl pageid="1297" ns="0" title="Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (Nova Roma)" />
      <bl pageid="1301" ns="0" title="Flavius Vedius Germanicus (Nova Roma)" />
      <bl pageid="1302" ns="0" title="MMDCCLI" />
      <bl pageid="1303" ns="0" title="Marcus Cassius Iulianus (Nova Roma)" />
      <bl pageid="1305" ns="0" title="Lucius Equitius Cincinnatus Augur (Nova Roma)" />
      <bl pageid="1306" ns="0" title="Decius Iunius Palladius Invictus (Nova Roma)" />
    </backlinks>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <backlinks blcontinue="0|Main_Page|1307" />
  </query-continue>
</api>