| com 12:00 PM - 12:00 AM | 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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| Albert Jamme,inscription from Mahram Biqlis p | Sharaffadin 42, Le Museon, 3-4, 1967, Pp |
| Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing | 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 |
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| Most of the information about south Arabia reported by Strabo probably came straight from the Roman expedition | John Philby Background of Islam 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• 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.