Amanirenas (also spelled Amanirena) was a queen of the Meroitic Kingdom of Kush.Her full name and title was Amnirense qore li kdwe li (Ameniras Qore and Kandake).She reigned from about 40 BCE to 10 BCE. She is one of the most famous kandakes because of her role leading Kushite armies against the Romans from in a war that lasted five years from 27 BCE to 22 BCE.
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