Conti Rossini, Carlo, Chrestomathia Arabica meridionalis epigraphica edita et glossario instructa 1931 Pubblicazioni dell'Instituto per l'Oriente p | Strabo described the custom in south Arabia which permitted women to have many husbands provided they were all brothers |
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Strabo's close relationship with Aelius Gallus led him to attempt to justify his friend's defeat in his writings |
Philby,The background of Islam: Being a sketch of Arabian history in pre-Islamic timesWhitehead Morris Alexandira, Egypt ; 1st edition January 1 1947 p.
26Roman 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 | Most of the information about south Arabia reported by Strabo probably came straight from the Roman expedition |
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There is no direct mention in south Arabian inscriptions of the Roman expedition, a completely exceptional occurrence for a country that had never seen enemy troops on its soi• Philpy, Motor Tracks And Sabaean Inscriptions In Najd, Geogr Journal, 1950, 211-215, A | Le Museon, 3-4, 1953, P |
Sharaffadin 42, Le Museon, 3-4, 1967, Pp.
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