Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing | Philby,The background of Islam: Being a sketch of Arabian history in pre-Islamic timesWhitehead Morris Alexandira, Egypt ; 1st edition January 1 1947 p |
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Most of the information about south Arabia reported by Strabo probably came straight from the Roman expedition | Other news of which Strabo was also the source, typical of the Romans' opinion of their own cultural superiority appears on the curious systems of how south Arabia's regal power was transferred and on its inhabitants' unorthodox sexual habits |
Roman sources still bore the clear image of a wealthy and prosperous people living in a splendid country, but devoid of fundamental qualities such as the ability to fight | |
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Conti Rossini, Carlo, Chrestomathia Arabica meridionalis epigraphica edita et glossario instructa 1931 Pubblicazioni dell'Instituto per l'Oriente p | Strabo, Book XVI, Chapter 4, 22-24• Albert Jamme,inscription from Mahram Biqlis p |
Strabo's close relationship with Aelius Gallus led him to attempt to justify his friend's defeat in his writings.
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