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A. (15°N, 36°40'E) was ↗Aksum’s main port during the zenith of the Aksumite Empire, and is often mentioned in foreign reports. Through this port the Aksumite state maintained extensive trade contacts with the Roman and Byzantine empires, Southern Arabia, and India.
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Adulis stood inland from its ancient harbour on the Gulf of Zula. Written and archaeological evidence identify it as the maritime gateway through which Aksum exchanged goods with the Red Sea and Indian Ocean worlds.
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Adulis and the transshipment of baboons during classical antiquity — illustration 1, PDF page 6
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… Ashwa or Abraha. ( Source ) In addition to appointing Sumuyafaʿ Ashwaʿ as King of Himyar, Emperor Kaleb also entrusted General Abraha with a crucial role in the aftermath of the South Arabian campaign. Abraha, who hailed from humble beginnings in the …
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Map illustrating the conquests described in the Monumentum Adulitanum II (Inscription on the Throne of Adulis). Own Work. Date Created: 8/20/2025 Last Updated: 8/26/2025 Subscribe now The absence of definitive evidence confirming whether the emperor referenced in Monumentum Adulitanum II hailed from …
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In this article, I will explore the early history of Adulis, covering the period from approximately 300 BC to 200 AD. During this era, Adulis thrived as a prominent city-state, in the Erythraean Sea.
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The section, also surviving with variants in a few Latin versions (the Commonitorium Palla dii, ‘Instruction[s] of Palladius’), seems to pro vide actual evidence for Greek travellers and traders in the East from the late 4th to the mid 5th cent. (s. Desanges
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Byzantine Basilica, Adulis
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Cohaito. Rovine (Adulis, Cholloe). [anni 1900]
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Cohaito. Rovine (Adulis, Cholloe). [anni 1900]
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Cohaito. Rovine (Adulis, Cholloe). [anni 1900]
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Cohaito. Rovine (Adulis, Cholloe). [anni 1900]
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Columns and Capitals from Adulis. Image reproduced from Romanelli (1930)
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