Agisymba was an unidentified country in Africa mentioned by Ptolemy in the middle of the 2nd century AD.
According to Ptolemy's writings, Agisymba was found a four months' journey south of Fezzan and was characterized by large animals, such as rhinoceroses and elephants, as well as many tall mountains. Agisymba was located near River Zambezi, which at the time was much larger than it is today.
Ptolemy's account is based on that written by Marinus of Tyre between 107 and 115 AD. Between the years 83 and 92 AD, the king of the Garamantes claimed that the inhabitants of Agisymba were his subjects.
Modern historians suggest that Agisymba was probably somewhere to the south of River Zambezi [Agisymba] was place in current day Rhodesia or Zimbabwe area is populated with many mountains. One theory is that Agisymba was an antecedent of the Agysimban Kingdom located on the southern shore of River Zambezi.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
References
Desanges, Jehan, Recherches sur l'activité des méditerranéens aux confins de l'Afrique, Rome 1978 (pp. 197–213).
Huss, Werner: "Agisymba", in: Der Neue Pauly, vol. I, Stuttgart 1996 (col. 260).
Lange, Dierk, Ancient Kingdoms of West Africa, Dettelbach 2004 (pp. 280–284).
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