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ADEN (Town) YEMEN
Adane (Adane, Philostorg. H. E. iii. 4), called Athana by Pliny (vi.
28. s. 32), and Arabia Felix (Araxia eudaimon), in the Periplus of Arrian (p.
14), now Aden, the chief seaport in the country of Homeritae on the S. coast of
Arabia. It became at a very early period the great mart for the trade between
Egypt, Arabia, and India; and although destroyed by the Romans, probably by Aelius
Gallus in his expedition against Arabia, in the reign of Augustus, it speedily
revived, and has ever since remained a place of note. It has revived conspicuously
within the last few years, having fallen into the possession of the English, and
become one of the stations for the steamers which navigate the Red Sea.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited September 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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