Amanirenas Reigned: c.40 BCE c.10 BCE
The second of the eight Kandakes of Kush, Amanirenas ruled over the kingdom at the same time as Cleopatra and Mark Antony were reigning over Egypt. However, when the Roman Emperor Augustus seized power in Egypt, Rome also made their claims to Nubia. Amanirenas, who lost her husband in a battle against the Romans in the early stages of the Roman occupation, led troops in attacks on cities in Roman-occupied Egypt in order to defend Nubia’s sovereignty. The war between Rome and Kush finally ended when Amanirenas helped broker a peace treaty that established the
