The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location
Abyssinia
Also known as Æthiopia
- kingdom
- ancient African, Christian
The highland Christian kingdom of Aksum, rising above the Red Sea coast in steep plateaus and isolated monasteries. Gibbon presents it as a remote African monarchy linked to Rome by trade, faith, and occasional war in Arabia.
- Type
- kingdom
- Style
- ancient African, Christian
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 55
- Books
- 1
History
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
The highland Christian kingdom of Aksum, rising above the Red Sea coast in steep plateaus and isolated monasteries. Gibbon presents it as a remote African monarchy linked to Rome by trade, faith, and occasional war in Arabia.
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