The Roman Expedition of Alias Gallas

Strabo recounts how the mission unfolded for a roman expedition. The guide that the nabetean king sent to help was a man named sileus. Sileus faced an unenviable task: he had to appear to co operate with the roman expedition, so as not to arouse the anger of the mighty empire. It's clear that at every turn, the nabatian sileus worked to frustrate and weaken. Alias gallas’s expedition, using every deception available to him, after many experiences and hardships, he arrived in 14 days at luki, come in the land of the nebatines. Although he was within reach of his goal