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The name Nezool is the king's native name transcribed into Greek. [55] The title "King of the land of the Abyssinians" was replaced by the formula "God's beneficence" beginning with coins of this king. [55] [Ela] Ameda III: No. 16 on Dillmann's list A. [51] Reigned for 12 years. [51] [Ela] Sahel IV: No. 17 on Dillmann's list A. [51] Reigned for ...
Pages in category "Kings of Axum" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Kingdom of Aksum (Ge'ez: አክሱም, romanized: ʾÄksum; Sabaean: 𐩱𐩫𐩪𐩣, ʾkšm; Ancient Greek: Ἀξωμίτης, romanized: Axōmítēs) also known as the Kingdom of Axum, or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom in East Africa and South Arabia from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, based in what is now northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, and spanning present-day Djibouti and ...
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(Tradition gives him a second son, Israel, who, it has been suggested, is identical with king Israel of Axum. [19]) This structure was first examined as an archaeological subject by Henry Salt in the early 19th century; almost a century later, it was partially cleared and mapped out by the Deutsche Aksum-Expedition in 1906.
Kingdom of Aksum – used title Nəguśä nägäśt ("King of Kings") like later Emperors, but traditionally called a Kingdom (Early period 5th/4th century BC – 1st century BC; Main period 1st century BC/AD – 7th century; Late Aksumite period 7th century – 9th/10th/11th/12th? century)
The official king list of the Ethiopian monarchy from 1922 lists a similarly named king called "Germa Asfar" who reigned from 631 to 645 (Ethiopian Calendar). [3] This could be the same king as Gersem based on dating, but the list names a different predecessor and successor for him, with Akala Wedem being the previous king and Zergaz being the next king. [3]
Ezana (Ge'ez: ዔዛና, ‘Ezana, unvocalized ዐዘነ ‘zn), (Ancient Greek: Ἠεζάνα, Aezana) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum (320s – c. 360 AD).One of the best-documented rulers of Aksum, Ezana is important as he is the country's first king to embrace Christianity and make it the official religion.