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by Bowersock, G. W.


  and Ramla conference, 89–90

  and regional power shifts, 120–122

  and rise of Islam, 122

  Zoroastrianism of, 130

  Petronius, C., 43

  Philostorgius, 104

  Philostratus, 54

  Philotera settlement, 37, 148n1

  Phocas, 122

  Phoenicia, 40

  Phoinikon, 111

  Photius, 135, 136

  Pliny the Elder, 27, 32, 39

  Polo, Marco, 109–110

  polytheism, 83, 129–131, 159n15

  Procopius

  on Abraha, 112, 136

  on Arabian campaign, 115–116

  on Esimphaios (Sumyafa Ashwa‘), 103

  on Justinian, 107

  “Oasis” reference of, 152n11

  on overthrow of king, 105

  on Phoinikon palm groves, 111

  Psalms, 101–102

  Ptolemaïs Thêrôn settlement, 37, 146n4, 148n1

  Ptolemy II, 37, 40

  Ptolemy III

  and Adulis stele, 20, 27, 34–37, 41

  ancestry of, 37–38

  campaigns of, 34–35

  and elephant hunts, 31, 35–37, 39

  Mesopotamia invasion of, 41

  titulature of, 37–38, 41, 58

  Qasr Ibrim, xxi

  Qays (Kaïsos), 109–111, 139–141, 143

  Qur’ān, 116, 123, 126–127, 130, 159n15

  Quraysh, 123

  Qustul, xxi

  Ramla conference, 89–90, 91, 94

  Rauso, 47, 51

  Raydān (pagan divinity), 63

  Raydān (territory), 61–62

  Red Sea, xxi, xxii, 121

  Road of the Elephant (ḍarb al fīl), 116

  Robin, Christian Julien, 4, 83, 87

  Roman Empire, xvii, 21, 32, 60, 72

  Romania, 54

  Rubin, Uri, 129

  Rufinus, 66

  Saba, 63, 82

  Sabaic script, 14, 32, 68–70, 69

  Saiazanas, 68–69

  Salt, Henry, 8, 11, 68

  Samene, 46, 50

  Samothrace, 40

  Samuel (biblical), 102

  San‘a, 114

  Saudi Arabia, 55

  See also Arabia

  Sayf ibn dhī Yazan, 117, 120

  Seleuceia, 41

  Seleucus II, 35, 41

  Sembrouthes, 57–58, 61, 64, 78

  Sesea, 47, 51

  Sheba, Queen of, 81–82, 83, 93, 102

  Siguene, 46, 49

  silk trade, 60, 121, 157n2

  Silvanus, 94

  sinus Abalitu, 27

  Socotra island, 24, 147n7

  Solate, 47, 51

  Solomon, 81–82, 87, 93, 102

  Somalia

  and Barbaria, 26, 51–52, 53, 97

  and Zoskales, 31

  Sophronius, 6, 122–123

  stele

  and age of throne, 42

  basalt material of, 42

  and campaigns of Ptolemy III, 34–35, 41–42

  date for, 41

  as described by Cosmas, 16, 18–19, 19

  elephant references of, 35–37, 39, 40

  inscription of, 20, 32, 34–38

  Kālēb’s interest in, 19–20, 21, 92

  occasion for inscription, 41

  Sumyafa Ashwa‘ (Esimphaios), 103, 106, 108

  Symeon (abbot at Gabboula), 89

  Symeon of Beth Arsham

  and Abramos (Abraham), 138

  evangelism of, 155n25

  on Najrān pogrom, 88–90, 92, 94, 103

  at Ramla conference, 89–90, 94, 138

  Syria, 40

  Tangaites, 46, 51

  Tanqasi culture, xxi

  Taylor, David, 88–89

  Theophanes, 136, 137

  Theophilus, 80, 84, 104

  Third Syrian War, 35

  Thrace, 36, 40, 42

  thrones

  of Aezanas, 67–68, 70–71

  as historical evidence, 119

  pagan tradition of, 71

  purpose of, 15–16, 20

  Tiamaa, 46, 50

  Tihāma coast, 14

  Timothy, archbishop of Alexandria, 96, 102

  Tiran, 157n2

  titulature

  of Aezanas, 65, 79

  of kings of Ḥimyar, 79, 83

  of Ptolemy, 37–38, 41, 58

  of Sembrouthes, 58

  To Rome (Aelius Aristides) 54–55

  Trogodytis (Troglodytis), 39

  universe, shape of, 29

  Vespasian, 80, 94, 123

  Wahrīz, 117

  Yathrib, 5, 80, 112, 115, 118, 123, 125

  Year of the Elephant (‘Ām al fīl), 116, 118

  Yemen, 3, 14, 55

  Yule, Paul, 104

  Yūsuf As’ar Yath’ar (Joseph)

  acts of persecution, 85, 88, 89, 96–97, 103–104

  death of, 98

  Ethiopian campaign against (525), 97–98

  and Justin, 96–97

  Persian support of, 117

  power seized by, 94

  at Ramla conference, 89–90, 91, 94

  revival of Judaism in Ḥimyar, 87

  See also Ḥimyar kingdom

  Zaa, 46, 50

  Zadramē, 151n18

  Ẓaphār, 64, 89, 103–104

  Zeus, 131

  Zingabene, 46, 49

  Zoroastrianism, 118, 130

  Zoskales, 26, 31–33, 45, 52, 53

 

 

 


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