1 The happy land: In ancient times Yemen was known as Arabia Felix, Latin for "happy" or "fortunate". Today, Yemen is neither happy nor fortunate but it acquired the name because its high mountains attracted rain, making it more fertile than most of the Arabian peninsula. In 26BC the Roman general, Aelius Gallus, led a military expedition to Yemen that ended in disaster, a cautionary tale for the
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