| Strabo, Book XVI, Chapter 4, 22-24• 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• Albert Jamme,inscription from Mahram Biqlis p | Most of the information about south Arabia reported by Strabo probably came straight from the Roman expedition |
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| Sharaffadin 42, Le Museon, 3-4, 1967, Pp | Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing |
| 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 | 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 |
Conti Rossini, Carlo, Chrestomathia Arabica meridionalis epigraphica edita et glossario instructa 1931 Pubblicazioni dell'Instituto per l'Oriente p.
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