Note 041 Virgil (Georgic. iii. 339) and Pomponius Mela (i. 8) describe the wandering life of the African shepherds, similar to that of the Arabs and Tartars; and Shaw (p. 222) is the best commentator on the poet and the geographer.]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 41