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Amanirenas

late 1st century BCE (war with Rome c. 25/24 – 21/20 BCE)

Kush (Meroë, Nubia)

Kandake (ruling queen) of Meroë during the late-1st-century BCE war with Roman Egypt, which followed a Kushite raid and ended in negotiations with Augustus at Samos.

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Archaeological sites of the Island of Meroë, Sudan, royal centre of the Kushite kingdom Amanirenas ruled
Credit: Ron Van Oers, © UNESCO. License: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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Sources

  1. British Museum, "Stela" (EA1650, inscription naming Queen Amanirenas and Akinidad) (Primary source)
  2. Janice Kamrin and Adela Oppenheim, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "The Land of Nubia" (Scholarly)
  3. Joshua J. Mark, World History Encyclopedia, "The Candaces of Meroe" (Reference)
  4. Kai Mora, History.com, "Nubian Queen Amanirenas and the Roman Army" (Reference)

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