| 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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| Strabo's close relationship with Aelius Gallus led him to attempt to justify his friend's defeat in his writings | Strabo described the custom in south Arabia which permitted women to have many husbands provided they were all brothers |
Conti Rossini, Carlo, Chrestomathia Arabica meridionalis epigraphica edita et glossario instructa 1931 Pubblicazioni dell'Instituto per l'Oriente p.
16| Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing | Albert Jamme,inscription from Mahram Biqlis p |
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| Le Museon, 3-4, 1953, 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• Sharaffadin 42, Le Museon, 3-4, 1967, Pp |
Philpy, Motor Tracks And Sabaean Inscriptions In Najd, Geogr Journal, 1950, 211-215, A.
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