Nordafrica<p>The https://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/autre-region/Nubie/135740Nubian <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Queen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Queen</span></a> Who <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Fought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fought</span></a> Back <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Caesar%E2%80%99s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caesar’s</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Army</span></a></p><p>From 25 to 21 B.C. <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Amanirenas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amanirenas</span></a>, a queen or <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Kandake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kandake</span></a> of the <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Kingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kingdom</span></a> of <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Kush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kush</span></a>, managed to do what many male leaders in her time could not: push back a <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roman</span></a> invasion.</p><p>Under Queen Amanirenas’ command, some 30,000 soldiers of the ancient Kingdom of Kush (located in modern-day <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Sudan%29" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sudan)</span></a> took to arms and fought back Roman invaders who had advanced from <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a>. The <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Romans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Romans</span></a> had encroached on the fertile lands of the region below Egypt known as <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Nubia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nubia</span></a> and enforced high taxation on the people of <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Mero%C3%AB%E2%80%94the" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meroë—the</span></a> capital of <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Kush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kush</span></a>.</p><p>English <a href="https://www.history.com/news/nubian-queen-amanirenas-roman-army?_x_tr_hist=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">history.com/news/nubian-queen-…</a><br>French <a href="https://www-history-com.translate.goog/news/nubian-queen-amanirenas-roman-army?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=fr&amp;_x_tr_hl=fr&amp;_x_tr_hist=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www-history-com.translate.goog…</a></p><p><a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Nubian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nubian</span></a></p>