Epimaranitae

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Epimaranitae was an Arabian tribe mentioned by Pliny.

Variants

• Epimaranitæ

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Afridi = Epimaranitae (Pliny.vi.32)

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions Arabia....Passing the river Cynos²⁵, there is a mountain, Juba says, that bears marks of the action of fire; also, the nation of the Epimaranitæ, then a nation of Ichthyophagi, and then a desert island, and the nation of the Bathymi.

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25 He calls it Canis, evidently thinking that "Cynos" was its Greek appellation only: as meaning the "Dogs'" river.