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GAETULIA

Volume 9 · 73 words · 1815 Edition

in Ancient Geography, a country of Africa, lying to the south of Mauritania, called Gaetulia Propria, and Vetus. Gaetuli, the people, were distinguished by different epithets; as Nigeri, Autolotes, Darce and Banuriæ, (Pliny). The Geuili 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 surprised them, (Sallust).