Nomadic Berber tribe of the Gulf of Sirte coast and the Augila oasis, documented by Herodotus; annihilated in their revolt against Roman taxation c. 85 CE, prompting Domitian to boast he had 'forbidden the Nasamones to exist.'
Militarily destroyed by the governor Gnaeus Suellius Flaccus c. 85 CE after a revolt against Roman taxation in Cyrenaica; Emperor Domitian declared them annihilated, though remnant populations probably continued at the Augila oasis.
Provides the ancient Libyan tribal context including the Nasamones and their relations with Greek Cyrenaica and Rome.
Primary source: Herodotus is the contemporary ancient authority who documented the Nasamones of the Gulf of Sirte and Augila oasis — the original written record of this Berber people.