The Black Queen Who Put The Fear Of God Into the Roman Empire.

Amanirenas was the queen of the Kingdom of Kush. Her full title was #Amnirense qore li kdwe li ("Ameniras, Qore and Kandake").

She reigned from about 40 BCE to 10 BCE.
http://solarey.net/queen-amanirenas-kush-nubia/
When the Roman emperor Augustus levied a tax on the Kushites in 24 BC, Amanirenas and her son, Akinidad, led an army of 30,000 men to sack the Roman fort in the Egyptian city of Aswan.
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