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The Macrobians (Μακροβίοι) were a legendary people mentioned by Herodotus, speculated to have lived in the Horn of Africa. They were one of the peoples postulated by the Greeks to exist at the extremity of the known world; in this case, in the extreme south. This contrasts with the Hyperboreans, who were said to live in the extreme north.
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| Diodorus | instance of | According to later Greek historians | 0.80 | text |
| Siculus | instance of | According to later Greek historians | 0.80 | text |
| and Strabo | instance of | According to later Greek historians | 0.80 | text |
| Cambyses army had reached Meroe | instance of | According to later Greek historians | 0.80 | text |
| gave it its name | instance of | According to later Greek historians | 0.80 | text |
| Scylax in his periplus also place them south of the pillars of Hercules | instance of | Later authors | 0.80 | text |
| and Scylax also reported a trade taking place between Phoenicians | instance of | Later authors | 0.80 | text |
| Macrobians | related to Accounts | According | 0.60 | section |
| Macrobians | related to Accounts | Herodotus | 0.60 | section |
| Macrobians | related to Accounts | Persian Emperor Cambyses II | 0.60 | section |
| Macrobians | related to Accounts | Egypt | 0.60 | section |
| Macrobians | related to Accounts | BC | 0.60 | section |
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