Pliny the Elder (23-79 CE), who refers to the Cedrei and Cedareni (Cedarenes) in the context of other Arabian tribes, placing their domain to the south of the Conchlei and adjacent to that of the Nabataei, is thought to be referring to the Qedar. Jerome (c. 357-420 CE), also writing in Latin, transcribes Qedar as Cedar, and refers to it as a region. In one entry, he describes it as, a region of the Saracens, who are called Ishmaelites in scripture; in another, he writes that it was a once uninhabitable region across Saracen Arabia; and in a third, he writes that it is a deserted region of the Ishmaelites, whom they now call Saracens. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, Theodoret (c. 393 - c. 457) mentions that in his time, the Qedar lived near Babylon.