Article ID: CBB004848548

L’image de l’Arabie Heureuse dans la tradition géographique grecque à l’épreuve de l’expédition d’Aelius Gallus (2021)

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Recent research shows that Aelius Gallus’ campaign against Arabia (25-24 BC) was – and must be – considered as a success, but it fails to explain why Strabo, our main witness, presents this campaign as a failure due to betrayal of the Nabataean minister Syllaios. Strabo’s account has most probably to be linked to the events surrounding Syllaios’ death sentence, but the historical context does not offer a satisfactory explanation. In fact, Strabo’s interpretation of the events depends on the image of the Arabian Peninsula drawn by the rest of his sources, which is incompatible with the information about Arabia provided by the account of Gallus’ campaign available to him. Rather than to question the whole Hellenistic tradition about Arabia, Strabo believes that Gallus, badly advised by Syllaios, took the worst possible route, and never really reached Southern Arabia.

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Authors & Contributors
Panichi, Silvia
Prontera, Francesco
Cadiou, François
Migliario, Elvira
Seubert, Philippe
Sideri, Eleonora
Concepts
Geography
Roman Empire
Cartography
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Mediterranean region
Europe
Anatolia (Turkey)
Middle and Near East
Arabian peninsula
Alps (Europe)
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