Ezana of Axum
c. 320 – 360 · 40 years · Aksum · Africa
King of Aksum who adopted Christianity around 330, among the first rulers anywhere; on his coins the pagan crescent gave way to the cross.
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Contemporaries around the world
Middle East
- Constantine the Great — Roman emperor, 48 years older
Africa
- Anthony the Great — saint, father of monasticism, 69 years older
The world in their lifetime
- c. 320 Founding of the Gupta Empire — aged 0, Asia
- 330 Founding of Constantinople — aged 10, Europe
- c. 330 Aksum adopts Christianity — aged 10, Africa