Blemmyes
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- For the legendary creatures see Blemmyes (legendary creatures).
The Blemmyes (Latin Blemmyae) were a nomadic Nubian tribe described in Roman histories of the later empire. From the late third century on, along with another tribe, the Nobadae, they repeatedly fought the Romans. They were said to live in Africa, in Nubia, Kush, or Ethiopia, generally south of Egypt.
They also became fictionalized as a legendary race of acephalous (headless) monsters who had eyes and mouths on their chest.
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