Baraqish

Baraqish
Baraqish
Location in Yemen
Coordinates:
Country  Yemen
Governorate Al Jawf Governorate
Time zone Yemen Standard Time (UTC+3)

Baraqish or Barakish (Arabic: براقش‎) is a town in northwestern Yemen. It is located at around . It was known to the Greeks and Romans as Athlula (or Athrula), from the ancient Sabaean YTL.[1] A Roman army passed through it during the 20s B.C., under the command of Aelius Gallus. The tomb of a Roman cavalryman, P. Cornelius, has been found there.[2]

References

  1. ^ Cass. Dio 53.29.8; Strabo 820.
  2. ^ Rich, J.W. (1990): Cassius Dio: the Augustan Settlement (Roman History 53-55.9), p165

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