| 322• Strabo, Book XVI, Chapter 4, 22-24• Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing | 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• Beeston 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 |
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| Strabo described the custom in south Arabia which permitted women to have many husbands provided they were all brothers | 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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| Philpy, Motor Tracks And Sabaean Inscriptions In Najd, Geogr Journal, 1950, 211-215, A | Albert Jamme,inscription from Mahram Biqlis p |
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.
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