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Strabon, Geographia

Passus 16, 4, 18 [f] (C 777): Δέβης [ethnic]

Date: AD 15 - 23 about?
Nomos:
Status: ethnicon (group)
Location:
Details: 'A river flows through their country that brings down gold-dust, but the inhabitants do not know how to work it. They are called Debai; and some of them are nomads, whereas others are also farmers.'
Bibliography: Dizionario II, p. 94
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