According to Cosmas Indicopleustes, the ruler of this kingdom lived in a palace decorated by unicorn statues.
According to Cosmas Indicopleustes, the ruler of this kingdom lived in a palace decorated by unicorn statues. A merchant guidebook called the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea describes this polity and its miserly ruler King Erythrean and says that its major port was Adulis. Justinian sent an ambassador named Julian to this kingdom, who reported that its ruler wore a loincloth of gold fiber. During the reigh of King Afilas, this kingdom defeated King Shammar Yuharish, and later this empire crushed the Himyarites, a sect of fanatical Jews. Frumentius, a Syrian monk, brought Christianity to this kingdom during the reign of King Ezana. At its height, this kingdom ruled Yemen and its northern neighbor, the Kingdom of Kush. For 10 points, name this early Christian Ethiopian state.
According to Cosmas Indicopleustes, the ruler of this kingdom lived in a palace decorated by unicorn statues.
{Axum} [or {Aksum}]