Eon of Axum

Eon (ca. 400) was a king of Axum in the north of present-day Ethiopia. He is mainly known from his coins bear Greek legends.

Eon carries the first king of Axum the title BAC CIN BAX ABA, which may haba sinon Basileus - " King of Habashat / Habash " means. This title referred to in South Arabian inscriptions of the rulers of Axum. Historically not certain whether Eon identical with King Hiuna that appears in the Book of Himyarites and a military expedition led by Axum to South Arabia.