Troglodytae

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The Troglodytae or Troglodyti (literally "cave goers"), were a people mentioned in various locations by many ancient Greek and Roman geographers and historians including Agatharcides, Strabo, Diodorus Siculus, Pliny, Tacitus, etc. The earlier references call them Trogodytes, which was evidently altered later by folk-etymology from Greek troglē, cave. They were usually placed in the desert along the African side of the Red Sea coast, from Berenice Troglodytica southward as far as Somalia. They have been connected with the modern Afar and neighboring peoples, as well as with the Tuareg.