Aksumite invasion of Himyar
| 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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Supported by: |
Supported by: | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Yūsuf Dhū Nuwās † | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 16,000–40,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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12,500–14,000 killed 11,000 prisoners |
Unknown Massacre of Christians in Najran | ||||||||
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-Sasanian bloc in Arabia Felix.