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Major conflict27 BCE – 22 BCE · 5 years

Roman-Kushite War

Qasr Ibrim · Syene · Napata · Philae

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Kandake Amanirenas led the Meroitic invasion of Roman Egypt; Petronius's counter-strike sacked Napata before the Treaty of Samos fixed the frontier.

Belligerents3

  • Roman Empire
  • Kingdom of Kush
  • Kingdom of Kush (Meroe)

ON THE MAPRoman RepublicKingdom of Kush

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 1

Sources

  1. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Roman-Kushite War (27 BCE – 22 BCE). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/roman-kushite-war · Sources & methodology