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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mike111: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Mike111: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: Procopius of Caesarea: History of the Wars, c. [b]550 CE[/b] Books III.xxv.3-9; IV.vi.10-14, vii.3, xi.16-20, xiii.26-29 And there are fortresses also on the mountain [called "Clypea" by the Romans], which are neglected, by reason of the fact that they do not seem necessary to the inhabitants. For since the time when the Mauretanii wrested Aurasium from the Vandals, not a single enemy had until now ever come there or so much as caused the barbarians to be afraid that they would come, but even the populous city of Tamougadis [Timgad], situated against the mountain on the east at the beginning of the plain, was emptied of its population by the Mauretanii and razed to the ground, in order that the enemy should not only not be able to camp there, but should not even have the city as an excuse for coming near the mountains. And the Mauretanii of that place held also the land to the west of Aurasium, a tract both extensive and fertile. And beyond these dwelt other nations of the Mauretanii, who were ruled by Ortaļas, who had come, as was stated above, as an ally of Solomon and the Romans. [b]And I have heard this man say that beyond the country which he ruled there was no habitation of men, but desert land extending to a great distance, and that beyond that there are men, not black-skinned like the Mauretanii, but very white in body and fair-haired.[/b] [/QUOTE]I found it, and as usual, total nonsense. We cannot find the modern places that those place names refer to, so there is no telling if there is even a little truth to this nonsense. The wording seems to change from translation to translation - typical for Albino translations. Example: http://history-world.org/ancient_mauritania.htm BTW - As a statement of fact: In North Africa, once you leave Ceuta Morocco, you can no longer go West, you can only go South. Therefore this nonsense is talking about places in Libya. As we can see from the map, North Africa West of Libya was crawling with "Pink" Vandals. [IMG]http://www.worldmapsonline.com/UnivHist/30293_6.gif[/IMG] Procopius For the Vandals whom Belisarius took to Byzantium were placed by the emperor in five cavalry squadrons, in order that they might be settled permanently in the cities of the East; he also called them the "Vandals of Justinian," and ordered them to betake themselves in ships to the East. Now the majority of these Vandal soldiers reached the East, and, filling up the squadrons to which they had been assigned, they have been fighting against the Persians up to the present time; but the remainder, about four hundred in number, after reaching Lesbos, waiting until the sails were bellied with the wind, forced the sailors to submission and sailed on till they reached the Peloponnesus. And setting sail from there, they came to land in Libya at a desert place, where they abandoned the ships, and, after equipping themselves, went up to Mt. Aurasium and Mauretania. Elated by their accession, the soldiers who were planning the mutiny formed a still closer conspiracy among themselves. And there was much talk about this in the camp and oaths were already being taken. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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