Sometime after the Kushite withdrawal from Egypt, Napata (the Kushite capital of Nubia), was destroyed by the Saitic Pharaoh Psamtik II and a new capital was established further south at Meroe. The new kingdom, known to the Greeks as “Aithiopia” remained under Egyptian cultural influence and was frequently ruled by a Queen Mother with the title “Candace”. The kingdom was weakened by attacks from the Nobades (list II/55), and was conquered by the Abyssinian kingdom of Axum around 350 AD. Strabo described its army as poorly marshalled and equipped spearmen with large hide shields plus axemen and swordsmen, but Meroitic art depicts archers from the core of the kingdom with axe, sword or spear in addition to their bow. Reference: Meroe: A Civilisation of the Sudan P.L Shinnie.
— Meroitic Kushite Army 592 BC - 350 AD
I/53 — SAITIC EGYPTIAN 664 BC - 335 BC
I/60 — EARLY ACHAEMENID PERSIAN 550 BC - 420 BC
II/20 — PTOLEMAIC 320 BC - 30 BC
II/55 — NOBADES, BLEMMYE & BEJA 30 BC - 1500 AD
II/56 — EARLY IMPERIAL ROMAN 25 BC - 197 AD
II/62 — ABYSSINIAN & HORN-OF-AFRICA 100 AD - 1529 AD
II/64 — MIDDLE IMPERIAL ROMAN 193 AD - 324 AD
II/55 — NOBADES, BLEMMYE & BEJA 30 BC - 1500 AD