city
Adulis
Adulis, near Zula, Eritrea · Africa: Aksum & Ethiopia
15.262, 39.659
Attested. Attested by Greek sources and by excavated churches.
Adulis
Adulis, near Zula
Adulis was Aksum's Red Sea port, linking Ethiopia to Egypt, Arabia and India. The 6th-century merchant Cosmas Indicopleustes visited around 518-525 and copied inscriptions there. Excavations have uncovered several Christian basilicas.
Source stance: neutral. A Christian traveler's eyewitness account plus archaeology.
People and groups named here
- Cosmas Indicopleustes (visitor, 6th century)
Sources
- Cosmas Indicopleustes, Christian Topography, Book II (Adulis)
tr. J. W. McCrindle, Hakluyt Society (1897), public domain; tertullian.org. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Pleiades place 39271: Adouli
Pleiades Gazetteer (ISAW, NYU). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Adulis (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
None in this list.