Musulamii

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

MUSULA´MII(Tac. Ann. 2.52, 4.24; Μισοίλαμοι, Ptol. 4.3.24; Misulanii, Peut. Tab.), a Moorish tribe, whom Ptolemy (l. c.) places to the S. of Cirta, at the foot of Audum. Tacitus (l. c.) gives them a more westerly position, and describes the defeat of this powerful tribe under Tacfarinas, their leader.
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