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Amanirenas

fl. c. 40–10 BCE · 1st century BCE

Amanirenas was a ruling queen, or kandake, of the Kingdom of Kush at Meroë. Around 25 BCE her armies attacked Roman Egypt, sacking Syene and carrying off statues of Augustus, one of whose bronze heads was buried at Meroë. After Roman counter-attacks, a peace concluded with Augustus at Samos around 21 BCE remitted tribute and was favourable to Kush.

Amanirenas
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Amanirenas. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/amanirenas
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