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Gaius Petronius's attack might have had a revitalizing influence on the kingdom. Three years later, in 22 BC, a large Kushite force moved northward with intention of attacking Qasr Ibrim. Alerted to the advance, Petronius again marched south and managed to reach Qasr Ibrim and bolster its defences before the invading Kushites arrived.
The Kingdom of Kush (/ k ʊ ʃ, k ʌ ʃ /; Egyptian: 𓎡𓄿𓈙𓈉 kꜣš, Assyrian: Kûsi, in LXX Χους or Αἰθιοπία; Coptic: ⲉϭⲱϣ Ecōš; Hebrew: כּוּשׁ Kūš), also known as the Kushite Empire, or simply Kush, was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt.
Amanirenas (also spelled Amanirena), was queen regnant of the Kingdom of Kush from the end of the 1st century BCE to beginning of the 1st century CE. [1] She is known for invading Roman occupied Egypt and successfully negotiating the end of Roman retaliation, [2] retaining Kushite independence.
Premmis (Qasr Ibrim), and areas north of Qasr Ibrim in the southern portion of the "Thirty-Mile Strip"] were ceded to the Kushites, the Dodekaschoinos was established as a buffer zone, and Roman forces were pulled back to the old Greek Ptolemaic border at Maharraqa. [42] Roman emperor Augustus signed the treaty with the Kushites on Samos.
Afterwards returning to his life of vicious indulgence, he became one of the chosen circle of Nero's intimates, and was looked upon as an absolute authority on questions of taste [elegantiae arbiter; note the pun on Petronius' cognomen] in connection with the science of luxurious living.
The Kushites attacked several cities and Roman garrisons, and statues of Caesar were pulled down. Led by Publius Petronius, the governor of Egypt, Roman soldiers fought back by capturing several cities, including Pselcis, Primis, Abuncis, Phthuris, Cambusis, Attenia, and Stadissias, and he reached as far as Napata and taking captives. According ...
A friend of Herod, Petronius supplied Judaea with grain during a famine. [11] [12] [13] Publius Petronius Turpilianus, triumvir monetalis in the time of Augustus, is known from a number of remarkable coins. [2] [14] Petronius, [i] perhaps the same person as the physician Marcus Petronius Heras, a writer on pharmacy mentioned by a number of ...
Petronius, also spelled Petronios (died 346 AD), was a 4th-century Egyptian Christian monk who served as a superior of the Pachomian monasteries. [1] Life