There is a black woman who led Kushite armies against the Roman Empire in a war that lasted about 5 years(27BC to 22BC).

There is a black woman who led Kushite armies against the Roman Empire in a war that lasted about 5 years(27BC to 22BC). 

She crushed the Roman ambition to expand the control they had in Egypt further south and Kush was free from Roman invasion. Her name is Queen Amanirenas. The kingdom of kush was located in the northeast Africa. Just south of ancient Egypt.

 Today the land of Kush is the country of Sudan.Queen Amanirenas was described as brave, fearless and she was blind in one eye (which she got from battle). She was Queen from 40 BC to 10 BC. 

To show how powerful the Nubian Queen was, she took the statue head of Augustus Caesar and buried it under her temple so her people can symbolically trample over Rome. She protected her people and halted potential Invasion of the Romans(Kush was later referred to as Nubia).

Queen Amanirenas would send arrows to the ruler and said keep it as a sign of peace or use it during war if he wants to go against her and her army. The Romans surrendered and signed a peace treaty. She defended a whole empire and took them to more wealth and success.