Sharaffadin 42, Le Museon, 3-4, 1967, Pp | 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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Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing | Conti Rossini, Carlo, Chrestomathia Arabica meridionalis epigraphica edita et glossario instructa 1931 Pubblicazioni dell'Instituto per l'Oriente p |
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• Strabo described the custom in south Arabia which permitted women to have many husbands provided they were all brothers.
17Beeston Some Observations on Greek and Latin Data Relating to South Arabia in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol | Most of the information about south Arabia reported by Strabo probably came straight from the Roman expedition |
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Le Museon, 3-4, 1953, P | Strabo, Book XVI, Chapter 4, 22-24• |