Good article, however, there is scant evidence of Horses existing during the Aksumite Empire. For example, in the Arabic version of the Martyrdom of Arethas (Alessandro Gori: Tradizioni orientali del «Martirio di Areta», pg 33), it mentions that Emperor Kaleb had "Armed Horses", which were stationed in Himyar after his conquest.
"...Allasbās, king of Abyssinia, after defeating the accursed one, returned to the land of his kingdom. He placed armed horses and a commander among them in the land of Saba."
A very thorough overview of the history of the horse in Ethiopia!
I wrote a short memoir, A Gallop in Ethiopia, centred mostly on the contemporary but also touching on the history of equines in the country. One remarkable feature in Ethiopia was the importance of mules as well.
Its hard to believe axum not containing any horse breeding considering they were near arabia since pre history and nubia having horses as attested since the kingdom of kush
Good article, however, there is scant evidence of Horses existing during the Aksumite Empire. For example, in the Arabic version of the Martyrdom of Arethas (Alessandro Gori: Tradizioni orientali del «Martirio di Areta», pg 33), it mentions that Emperor Kaleb had "Armed Horses", which were stationed in Himyar after his conquest.
"...Allasbās, king of Abyssinia, after defeating the accursed one, returned to the land of his kingdom. He placed armed horses and a commander among them in the land of Saba."
A very thorough overview of the history of the horse in Ethiopia!
I wrote a short memoir, A Gallop in Ethiopia, centred mostly on the contemporary but also touching on the history of equines in the country. One remarkable feature in Ethiopia was the importance of mules as well.
Yves-Marie Stranger
ill check it out
Great. You may be interested in my upcoming 'The Book of Ethiopia' although its historical fiction:
https://substack.com/home/post/p-163392783
Hi Isaac Samuel,
፠ The Book of Ethiopia, Pêro da Covilhã's Hornbook, is now available in all Uthiopian bookstores and, accessorily, on Amazon.
Kind regards,
Yves-Marie Stranger
Its hard to believe axum not containing any horse breeding considering they were near arabia since pre history and nubia having horses as attested since the kingdom of kush
Abraha's splinter kingdom in Arabia certainly used horses, but it seems that the Aksumites had no need for them.
Seems like but reminder that axumite archealogy hadn'nt advanced alot since the german expedition