GÆTULIA, (anc. geog.), a country of Africa, lying to the south of Mauritania, called Gætulia Pro-pria, and Vetur. Gætuli, the people, were distinguished by different epithets; as Nigri, Autoboles, Dares, and Banture, (Pliny). The Gætuli were among the first inhabitants of Africa; a rough, unpolished people, living on venison and the spontaneous productions of the earth; a roving wandering people, who took up with the first place in which night surprized them, (Sallust.).