| 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 | Le Museon, 3-4, 1953, P |
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| Strabo described the custom in south Arabia which permitted women to have many husbands provided they were all brothers |
Sharaffadin 42, Le Museon, 3-4, 1967, Pp.
1| Most of the information about south Arabia reported by Strabo probably came straight from the Roman expedition | Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing |
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| 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• 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 | 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 |
Conti Rossini, Carlo, Chrestomathia Arabica meridionalis epigraphica edita et glossario instructa 1931 Pubblicazioni dell'Instituto per l'Oriente p.
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