Aksumite invasion of Himyar
The Aksumite invasion of Himyar consisted of a series of two invasions from 518 to 525 fought between the Christian Kingdom of Aksum and the Jewish Himyarite Kingdom. The wars functioned as proxy wars waged by the former on behalf of the Roman Empire during the Roman-Persian Wars with the ultimate goal of establishing an anti-Sasanid bloc in Arabia Felix.
| Aksumite invasion of Himyar | |||||||||
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| Part of Roman–Persian Wars | |||||||||
The Himyarite Kingdom in 525 AD, just before King Kaleb's conquest | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Yūsuf Dhū Nuwās † | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 120,000 soldiers at the Siege of Najran | ||||||||
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