Ancient South Most of the information about south Arabia reported by Strabo probably came straight from the Roman expedition. Strabo's close relationship with Aelius Gallus led him to attempt to justify his friend's defeat in his writings. Roman sources still bore the very clear image of a wealthy and prosperous people living in a splendid country, but devoid of fundamental qualities such as the ability to fight. 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. Strabo described the custom in south Arabia which permitted women to have many husbands provided they were all brothers.
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 soil [1]نسخة محفوظة 27 مارس 2020 على موقع واي باك مشين.
Ancient South Most of the information about south Arabia reported by Strabo probably came straight from the Roman expedition. Strabo's close relationship with Aelius Gallus led him to attempt to justify his friend's defeat in his writings. Roman sources still bore the very clear image of a wealthy and prosperous people living in a splendid country, but devoid of fundamental qualities such as the ability to fight. 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. Strabo described the custom in south Arabia which permitted women to have many husbands provided they were all brothers.
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 soil [1]نسخة محفوظة 27 مارس 2020 على موقع واي باك مشين.
