| Strabo's close relationship with Aelius Gallus led him to attempt to justify his friend's defeat in his writings | Le Museon, 3-4, 1953, P |
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| John Philby Background of Islam p |
Philpy, Motor Tracks And Sabaean Inscriptions In Najd, Geogr Journal, 1950, 211-215, A.
3| 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• Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing | 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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| Most of the information about south Arabia reported by Strabo probably came straight from the Roman expedition | 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 |