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 | Le Museon, 3-4, 1953, P |
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Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing | Sharaffadin 42, Le Museon, 3-4, 1967, Pp |
Strabo, Book XVI, Chapter 4, 22-24• Strabo's close relationship with Aelius Gallus led him to attempt to justify his friend's defeat in his writings | 12:00 PM - 12:00 AM |
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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 | io 5020, Najran 66252 7860, Saudi Arabia |
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• com 12:00 PM - 12:00 AM.