 However, as demonstrated in Numidia, forces stationed in Imperial provinces could be deployed in neighboring "provinciae inermes" ("lit".unarmed provinces) when necessary, and the text of the epigraph from "Claudiopolis" (above) suggests that the Marmaritae were increasingly becoming a nuisance in "Cyrenaica".The epigraph refers to the Marmaritae's "audacity" and suggests that Probus dealt with the incursion with effective dispatch - although, as was always the case, the victory was officially attributed to the reigning Emperor (i.e.