Northern Africa, 22 Mar 238: Year of Six Emperors
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Political map of Northern Africa on 22 Mar 238 (Africa and Rome in Crisis: Year of Six Emperors), showing the following events: Sha’r Awtar’s Hadramawt War; Sasanian Empire; Sha’r Awtar’s Kinda expedition; Battle of Zafar; Mazun; Reign of Maximinus Thrax; Gordian I.

R o m a n E m p i r e

N o r t h w e s t e r n

B a n t u

Sasanian
Persian
Empire

N i l o t i c

p e o p l e s

E a s t e r n
B a n t u

Sao
civilization

C u s h i t i c

p e o p l e s

W e s t e r n
B a n t u

C h a d i c p e o p l e s

A t l a n t i c

Ḥaḑramawt(Sab. vas.)

Armenia(R. client)

Agisymba?(Garam. claim)

↓Rhapta(Ḥim.)

Arabia(R. imp.)

Albania(R. client)

Iberia(R. client)

(Azores)(uninh.)

Gorgades?
(Cape Verde)(uninh.)

(Madeira)(uninh.)

Fortunate Islands?(uncon.)

Africa Proconsularis(R. sen.)

Crete
&
Cyrenaica(R. sen.)

Mauretania
Tingitana(R. imp.)

Discorida(Ḥaḑ.)

Kinda(Sab. vas.)

Corsica
&
Sardinia

Bosporus(R. client)

Margiana(Per. vas.)

Tanukhid
K.(R. client)

Bithynia
& Pontus

Mauretania
Caesariensis(R. imp.)

Numidia(R. imp.)

Lycia &
Pamphylia

Sarapion(Ḥim.)

Rhysaddir?(M.T.)

Portus Ferresanus(R. Egypt)

225?–226?Saba’ and Himyar
defeat Hadramawt

Apr 227Ardashir I proclaims
new Persian Empire

227?Sabaeans
subjugate Kinda

230?Sabaeans and Himyarites
defeat Aksumites near Zafar

234?–235?Sasanians
conquer Tylos

Mar 235–May 238Maximinus Thrax
rules Roman Empire

22 Mar 238Gordian I proclaimed
Emperor in Africa

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