Bibliographical sources:
On the map itself the following authors are mentioned:
Agatius 1 x
Antoninus 2 x
Catullus 1 x
Plautus 1 x
Plinius 3 x
Plutarchus 1 x
Polybius 1 x
Procopius 1 x
Ptolemæus 1 x
Strabo 3 x
Vergilius 1 x
Further in the map texts:
Ælianus, quoting Theopompus in Bk.17 Ch.16 De Animalibus 206.10
Appianus : Annibalica 206.3
Aristoteles : Admiranda 206.10
Ausonius 206.2
Cassiodorus : Bk.12 Sect.24 Variar. 206.10
Cato : Origines 206.5
Claudianus 206.7
Fulvius quoted by Smetius 206.20
Italicus, Silicus : Bk.9 206.3
Iustinianus, Augustinus 206.20
Lipsius quoted by Smetius 206.20
Livius : Bk.28 Decades 206.3, Bk.45 206.3
Mela, Pomponius 206.8
Ortelius is mentioned in the cartouche as the maker of this map, Ort206; further in map text : 206.12
Plinius 206.7, 206.9, : Letter to Iunius Mauricus 206.9
Plutarchus : Life of Camillus 206.6
Polybius 206.5, 206.6, : Bk.2 History 206.10
Ptolemæus 206.4
Scepsius 206.9
Smetius citing Fulvius and Lipsius 206.20
Solinus 206.2
Strabo 206.7, : Bk.5 Geography 206.10
Stunica 206.12-21
Superantius, Franciscus from Venice is the person to whom Ortelius has dedicated this map, Ort206
Tacitus 206.4
Theopompus quoted by Ælianus in Bk.17 Ch.16 of his De Animalibus 206.10
Vergilius 206.7