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The Spanish named them indiscriminately Mauros, and Moors they have been ever since; but the name Moor can be traced back as far as 23 A.D., when Pliny and Strabo speak of the Maurusii and Mauri. A reflection of their empire's greatness shone even in Morocco itself: libraries and universities were founded in Fez and Morocco City.
Terminantur a Meridie Atlante minori, quo submoventur a Gaetulis: qui et ipsi postea oppressis et exstinctis Maurusiis Mauritaniae majorem partem occuparunt: ab Occasu est Oceanus Atlanticus, a Septemtrione fretum Herculis et mare internum; Ab Ortu primo Mulucham habuit flumen, quod Mauros a Numidis discernebat; at quum ea Numidiae pars, quae est inter Ampsagam et Mulucham, Mauritaniae adjiceretur, finis huic constitutus est Ampsaga.
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