Julia R. Wild (@juliawild): "The often overlooked story of the one-eyed Queen Amenirenas who made Rome’s emporer surrender. Gee, I wonder why they don't tell this story as much as the ones about male rulers."

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Aug 3, 2025

The often overlooked story of the one-eyed Queen Amenirenas who made Rome’s emporer surrender. Gee, I wonder why they don't tell this story as much as the ones about male rulers.

For an African queen to give such an ultimatum to the most powerful man in the world would have been considered a serious insult. After all, Augustus had almost single-handedly transformed Rome from a republic to an empire, and the territory he now reigned over stretched

Adhiambo Edith Magak

Aug 3

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