Ezana of Aksum

The first Christian king of Aksum, who put the cross on his coins and inscriptions and campaigned against Meroë.

Lived	c. AD 320 – AD 360
Known as	King of Aksum
Birthplace or main place	Aksum
Places on the map	Aksum, Meroë

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Who ruled these places in his lifetime

Place	At birth (map of AD 300)	At death (map of AD 300)
Aksum	Axum	same
Meroë	Meroe	same

From the border maps nearest to each date; borders are approximate.

Events in his lifetime

Year	Event	Where
AD 330	King Ezana converts to Christianity	Aksum
AD 350	Aksum destroys the kingdom of Meroë	Meroë

Contemporaries

Lived	Person
AD 303 – AD 361	Wang Xizhi	Calligrapher
AD 272 – AD 337	Constantine the Great	Roman emperor

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.

Ezana of Aksum

Who ruled these places in his lifetime

Events in his lifetime

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Contemporaries