MHDYS
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MHDYS (vocalized by historians as Mehadeyis) was a ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum (flourished 4th century AD). He is primarily known through the coins that were minted during his reign, although a contemporary poet, Nonnus of Panopolis, may have alluded to him in his epic Dionysiaca.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Mehadeyis
- Royalty.image
- Mhdys.jpg
- Royalty.succession
- King of Aksum
- Royalty.predecessor
- Ezana
- Royalty.successor
- Ouazebas
- Royalty.religion
- Christianity
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Aksum
- Occupation
- politician
- Image
- Mhdys.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0400-01-01
- date of death
- 0500-00-00
- Commons category
- Mehadeyis of Axum
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Coinage
- Mentioned by Nonnus
- References
- Further reading
MHDYS (vocalized by historians as Mehadeyis) was a ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum (flourished 4th century AD). He is primarily known through the coins that were minted during his reign, although a contemporary poet, Nonnus of Panopolis, may have alluded to him in his epic Dionysiaca.
His name is usually vocalized by historians as Mehadeyis, although it has recently been argued by Manfred Kropp that it could vocalized as Maḥdəy-os, producing a Greek equivalent of Μωδαῖος.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “MHDYS” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.