#amanitore

female leaders of the ancient world part 3 | requested by anon

“Amanirenas is best known as the queen who won favorable terms from Augustus Caesar (r. 27 BCE-14 CE) following the conflict known as the Meroitic War (27-22 BCE) between Kush and Rome. The war began in response to Kushite raiding parties making incursions into Roman Egypt. Rome had annexed Egypt as a province following the Battle of Actium in 31 BCE and it quickly became one of the new empire’s most critical territories as it supplied Rome with an abundance of grain. The Roman prefect of Egypt, Gaius Petronius responded to the raids by invading Kush around 22 BCE and destroying the city of Napata. Amanirenas was in no way cowed and retaliated with further aggression. She is depicted as a courageous queen, blind in one eye, and a skilled negotiator. Following the conflict, her control of the terms is evident in Rome’s respect in the peace talks and an increase in trade between Rome and Meroe. Amanirenas had captured a number of statues from Egypt, among them many of Augustus, which she returned following the peace; but the head of one she buried under the steps of a temple so that people would walk over Augustus in their daily visits. This is the famous Meroe Head now housed in the British Museum.”

Nubian royalty smiting captives, on the pylon at the front of the “lion temple” at Naga or Naqa in Sudan, dedicated to Apedemak. On the left, King Natakamani; on the right, Queen Amanitore.

CIVILIZATION VI – First Look: Nubia (x)

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Two pillars from a stand for a barque, discovered in the Nubian site of Wad ben Naga (or Wad ban Naqa). The top one depicts the Meroitic King Natakamani, and the bottom one his co-regent, Kandake (Queen) Amanitore, who was either his mother or his wife.

Queen Amanitore from Civilization VI by Kat Nicole Berkley

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