List of kings of Axum

The kings of Axum ruled an important trading state in the area which is now northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, from 400 BC to 960 AD.

[1] Various regnal lists of Axumite monarchs have survived to the present day via manuscripts or oral tradition.

[5] There are a number of legendary figures at the beginning of some lists whose historicity is difficult to confirm or trace.

Aksumite coins have proven useful for constructing a chronology of Axumite kings.

Monarchs who were Christian, beginning with the reign of Ezana of Axum (historical) and/or Abreha and Atsbeha (traditional).