Zoskales
Zoskales (c. 100) was a king in the Horn of Africa, whose realm is thought to include Axum.
The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea he was from africa Adulis, whose territory extended "from the Moschophagoi ['calf-eaters'] to the rest of Barbaria ... a stickler about his possessions and always holding out for getting more, but in other respects a fine person and well versed in reading and writing Greek".[1]
At least as early as Henry Salt, some scholars, including Sergew Hable Sellassie[2] and Y. M. Kobishchanov,[3] have identified him with Za Haqala, who is listed in the King Lists of Ethiopia as having ruled for 13 years, and who ruled between Za Zalis and Za Dembalé.[4] G.W.B. Huntingford points out, on the other hand, that there is not enough information to be certain of this identification, and argues instead that Zoskales was a petty king whose power was limited to only Adulis.[5]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Chapter 5 Online translation
- ^ Ancient and Medieval Ethiopian History to 1270 (Addis Ababa: 1972), p. 72
- ^ Axum (University Park: 1979), pp. 54-5
- ^ Salt, A Voyage to Abyssinia (Philadelphia, 1816), p. 358
- ^ Quoted in Paul B. Henze, Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia (New York: Palgrave, 2000), p. 18
| Preceded by ? |
King of Aksum | Succeeded by ? Next known king is GDRT |
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