Northern Africa, 11 Jul 273: Revolt of Firmus
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Political map of Northern Africa on 11 Jul 273 (Africa and Rome in Crisis: Revolt of Firmus), showing the following events: Battle of Emesa; First Siege of Palmyra; Septimius Antiochus; Firmus.

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

Egypt(Firm. ctrl)

Empire of
Aksum

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

A t l a n t i c

↓Rhapta(Ḥim.)

Arabia(R. imp.)

Albania(Per. vas.)

(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)

Tanukhid
K.(R. client)

Lakhmid K.(Per. vas.)

Bithynia
& Pontus

Mauretania
Caesariensis(R. imp.)

Numidia(R. imp.)

Phrygia
& Caria

Lycia &
Pamphylia

Sarapion(Ḥim.)

Rhysaddir?(M.T.)

272Aurelian defeats
Zenobia at Emesa

272Aurelian captures Palmyra;
imprisons Zenobia

?? 272?–Mar 273Palmyra revolts again;
quickly suppressed

273Firmus leads
uprising in Egypt
in support of Palmyra

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