Who were the White Aethiopians?

If we pass through the interior of Africa in a southerly direction, beyond the Gætuli, after having traversed the intervening deserts, we shall find, first of all the Liby-Egyptians, and then the country where the Leucæthiopians dwell. Pliny the Elder On those shores washed by the Libyan Sea, however, are found the Libyan Aegyptians, the White Aethiopians, and, a populous and numerous nation, the Gaetuli. Then a region, uninhabitable in its entire length, covers a broad and vacant expanse. Pomponius Mela The Indians are the wisest of mankind. The Ethiopians are a colony of them Philostratus designated as Ethiopia the whole of the southern countries towards the ocean Strabo White Aethiopians is a term found in ancient Greco-Roman literature, which … Continue reading Who were the White Aethiopians?