[5] Strabo's account of the Meroitic War led against the Roman Empire includes a queen named Kandakê (Κανδάκη, usually Latinized as Candace).

According to Strabo's account, the Kushite forces launched an attack on Thebais and Syene while then-prefect Aelius Gallus was away on his ill-fated expedition to Arabia in 25 BC.

[6] The Kushites fought with “large, oblong shields made of raw ox-hide” and simple weaponry such as axes, pikes, and swords.

After Petronius' victory, the Kushite army fled in various directions: some into the cities, some into the desert, and others onto a nearby island.

As Petronius approached, taking Pselchis and Premnis along the way, Amanirenas dispatched envoys and the message that she would return both the captives taken in Syene and the statues of Caesar.

Strabo states she had “many thousands of men.” Petronius outmaneuvered Amanirenas and arrived at Premnis first, securing it against her attack.

After the success of Petronius's Nubian campaign, the Roman Empire’s southern border moved beyond Egypt to Primis (Qasr Ibrim).

The treaty allowed the Romans to continue to occupy the Dodekashoinos ("Twelve Shoenoi Land") as a military border zone.

[10] The glass, metal, and crystal eyes of the statue, which are frequently lost in similar pieces, remained intact due to its burial.

The temple was dedicated to Victory, likely in an attempt to subjugate Augustus in the mind of the Kushite people and establish Rome as a defeated power.

The deities incised alongside Amanirenas and Akinidad are possibly Amun and Mut; the latter figure is holding an ankh, the Egyptian symbol of eternal life.

The introduction of post-colonial studies and a focus on identity under imperial rule within the Classics and the resulting publications have broadened understanding of the subject, but information about Amanirenas remains limited due to Meroitic being an undeciphered language.

Strabo's account being the only translated primary source to discuss Amanirenas at length further limits understanding of this African queen.