Antiquity
Sabaeans
- Period
- 800 BC – AD 282
- Duration
- approx. 1,081 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 154
- Area (max.)
- approx. 66,000 km²
Period and duration
Sabaeans — according to the map data from 800 BC to AD 282, roughly 1,081 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Sabaeans — greatest extent around AD 154: the mapped borders then cover about 66,000 km², roughly 0.1% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (801 BC)
No predecessors in the map data.
After
Neighbours around AD 154
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Kingdom of Axum
- Hadhramaut
- Qataban
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 154 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Sabaeans on Wikipedia
- All 371 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.