The Bavares (also Babares or Baveres) were a

Berber Berber or Berbers may refer to: Ethnic group * Berbers, an ethnic group native to Northern Africa * Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages Places * Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile People with the surname * Ady Berber (1913–196 ...

tribe living in the Roman province of

Mauretania Caesariensis Mauretania Caesariensis (Latin for "Caesarean Mauretania") was a Roman province located in what is now Algeria in the Maghreb. The full name refers to its capital Caesarea Mauretaniae (modern Cherchell). The province had been part of the Kingd ...

between the 3rd and 5th centuries AD. They are known only from inscriptions. They are sometimes portrayed as nomads and other times as sedentary mountaineers.Gabriel Camps
"Bavares"
''Encyclopédie berbère'', document B48 (online 1 March 2013, retrieved 1 October 2019). Gabriel Camps argues that the name "Berbers" ( Latin ''barbari'') does not derive from "

barbarian A barbarian (or savage) is someone who is perceived to be either Civilization, uncivilized or primitive. The designation is usually applied as a generalization based on a popular stereotype; barbarians can be members of any nation judged by som ...

", as usually thought, but from the name of the Bavares.Gabriel Camps, ''Berbères: aux marges de l'histoire'' (Éditions des Hespérides, 1980), 86–87.

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