Sembrouthes was a king of Axum. He is known only from a single inscription in Greek that was found at Deqemhare or Deqqi Mehari in modern Eritrea, which is dated to his 24th regnal year. He is the first known ruler in the lands later ruled by the Emperor of Ethiopia to adopt the title "King of kings". S. C. Munro-Hay places his reign in a gap between `DBH and DTWNS, or c.250. However, W.R.O.

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  • Sembrouthes was a king of Axum. He is known only from a single inscription in Greek that was found at Deqemhare or Deqqi Mehari in modern Eritrea, which is dated to his 24th regnal year. He is the first known ruler in the lands later ruled by the Emperor of Ethiopia to adopt the title "King of kings". S. C. Munro-Hay places his reign in a gap between `DBH and DTWNS, or c.250. However, W.R.O. Hahn, in a study published in 1983, assigns Sembrouthes to the 4th century, between Aphilas and Ezana, and identifies him with Ousanas or "Ella Amida". Munro-Hay also suggests that Sembrouthes may have been the ruler who erected the anonymous Monumentum Adulitanum, an inscription at Adulis that Cosmas Indicopleustes made a copy of for king Kaleb of Axum.
  • Sembrouthes war ein König des Aksumitischen Reiches in Afrika und regierte wahrscheinlich in der zweiten Hälfte des dritten Jahrhunderts. Er ist bisher nur von einer auf griechisch verfassten Inschrift bekannt, die sich bei Daqqi Mahari, etwas nördlich von Aksum fand. Der Text der kurzen Inschrift lautet: König der Könige von Aksum, Sembrouthes kam (und) hat (diese Inschrift) im Jahr 24 von Sembrouthes, dem Großen König geweiht. Sembrouthes regierte also mindestens 24 Jahre und er ist auch der erste Herrscher von Aksum mit dem Titel König der Könige.
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  • Sembrouthes was a king of Axum. He is known only from a single inscription in Greek that was found at Deqemhare or Deqqi Mehari in modern Eritrea, which is dated to his 24th regnal year. He is the first known ruler in the lands later ruled by the Emperor of Ethiopia to adopt the title "King of kings". S. C. Munro-Hay places his reign in a gap between `DBH and DTWNS, or c.250. However, W.R.O.
  • Sembrouthes war ein König des Aksumitischen Reiches in Afrika und regierte wahrscheinlich in der zweiten Hälfte des dritten Jahrhunderts. Er ist bisher nur von einer auf griechisch verfassten Inschrift bekannt, die sich bei Daqqi Mahari, etwas nördlich von Aksum fand. Der Text der kurzen Inschrift lautet: König der Könige von Aksum, Sembrouthes kam (und) hat (diese Inschrift) im Jahr 24 von Sembrouthes, dem Großen König geweiht.
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