Ammianus Marcellinus, Rerum Gestarum, Book XXVIII, chapter 6, section 2

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[2] The Austoriani, ¹ who are neighbours to those regions, are savages, always ready for sudden raids and accustomed to live by murder and robbery. These were subdued for a time, but then returned to their natural turbulence, for which they seriously alleged this reason:-

1 Ammianus, in xxvi. 4, 5, counts them among the people of Mauritania.

Ammianus Marcellinus. With An English Translation. John C. Rolfe, Ph.D., Litt.D. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1935-1940.

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