Candace, Queen of Meroe

Roman Emperors

Queen Candace was a formidable woman who had mounted an attack on Thebaid. She submitted to the prefect Petronius, and he left a Roman Garrison at Primis. However the potential revenue from the area did not justify the expense of maintaining a permanent military presence and within a year or two the limits of Roman occupation had been set at Hiera Sykaminos, which was some eighty kilometers to the south of the First Cataract.

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