It's the Entrance on History Hit.

I'm Tristan Shuse your host and in today's podcast we are talking about an ancient Arabian

warrior queen called Mavia.

She was a leader of a people called Lattunukids but one time she was an ally of Rome but at another

time she was also an enemy of Rome who staunchly defended her people.

I had to talk through the life of Mavia and why she was such an important figure in the

history of pre-Islamic Arabia.

I was delighted to get on the show Dr. Emran El-Badawi from the University of Houston in Texas.

So that further ado, here's Emran.

Emran, thank you so much for taking the time to come on the podcast today.

Tristan, thank you so much for having me. It's a pleasure.

Now, Queen Mavia, Emran, as we were discussing just before we went live, I cannot believe that

I'd never really heard of this woman in ancient history before starting doing the research

for this podcast but looking at what she did during her life against the Romans with the

Romans and her extraordinary legacy, it's unbelievable.

She was this extraordinary figure.

Absolutely, the exceptional nature of Mavia or Mavia as we know her escapes many scholars

and students of history and when I say history, I mean those who study Roman history, the

Orient, or even Islamic or pre-Islamic history.

Frequently this name falls through the cracks and one of the reasons and one of the motivations

for my most recent book manuscript which is still under review is precisely this impetus

that what a fascinating woman to fight Rome and then join Rome, right?

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