? Who are the gitols
This name appeared since the end of the fourth century BC, and the Romans gave it to a group of ancient barbarian tribes that inhabit a vast area of land that extends from the borders of Ajdabiya today to Sakia al-Hamra. It includes the tribes of Nasmon (Nesma), Basili, Meshawsh, Makai, Jandan (Zanata), Mishli (Musalla) and Mashri, meaning that the Romans intended what was then known as Zanata, Hawara, Lamta, Sanhaja, Mazata and Europe.
And the word Gitul was given to them as an indication of the way of life, not race or political affiliation, even if they share a race in any case, and their origins and ancestors are the same.
The Gitul tribes lived in the eastern desert region of the Euras and preferred a nomadic life, moving their livestock in search of pastures and grass, crossing the desert Atlas mountains twice a year, arriving in their retreat to the city of Sirta in the north, and returning in autumn to the desert. But after the sources talked about your kingdoms, and some sources mentioned that Hannibal (Hannibal) included them in his army and they were his backbone, and they are among the strongest Amazigh tribes because they are staunch knights, and they were also on the side of the Numidian king Jugurtha in 107 BC in his revolution against the colonial empire of Rome.
After that, they allied with Julio Cesar against Yuba I and defeated him, and rose up against Yuba II, an ally of Rome, and slaughtered everyone who is Roman and remained in their control until Cornelius came and achieved a series of victories over them and eliminated their rebellion and subdued them. Then he handed over their command to Yuba II to limit their control and rebellion.
Strabo, the Greek historian, said about them that they were the most numerous people in North Africa. Their way of life was based on grazing, and he described their horses and cows as numerous, and they were accustomed to moving north through the ages when the grazing seasons came in the hill country.
their home
The first mention of the site of Getulia was by the Latin historian Sallust in the first century BC
At that time, Getulia was located south of the Carthaginian possessions and the Amazigh kingdom of Numidia and east of the country of the Moors (now Far Morocco), as it extended south until it bordered the outskirts of the desert from the north.
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