people
Moors
also: Mauri
The Moors (Mauri), inhabitants of Mauretania west of Numidia, ruled in this war by king Bocchus; Sallust derives their name from a Libyan mispronunciation of 'Medes.'
Reading notes
- The Jugurthine War §18 Mauri
The Moors of Mauretania, west of Numidia; Sallust derives the name from a Libyan mispronunciation of 'Medes.'