Original sentence: Amanirenas invaded Egypt in the time of Augustus Caesar, but was eventually defeated and surrendered.The Candace was a queen, queen mother or queen consort of the Kushite Empire
Edited sentence: Amanirena led the combined Kushite and Egyptian resistance to the Roman occupation of Egypt, and invasion of the rest of Africa in the time of Augustus Caesar.Candace Amanirenas, also spelled Amanirenas served as Head of State, Commander-in-Chief of the army, and High Priest of Isis.For instance one candace would rule for ten years, the next would rule for twenty, and the third successor would rule for thirty, and the fourth would revert to ten and so on.However, the candace  conventionally served as the Head of State of the Kushite Empire.Many kushite kings and Candaces were simply commoners whom the priests choose because they recognized special qualities in these individuals.Moreover, the Kushite Empire always had a senior matriarch with the title of Qore or Gore [pronounced "goh-reh"] in charge of the national protocol.Over several centuries the office of candace sometimes combined military, spiritual and diplomatic responsibilities.Some gores ruled as heads of state outright.The Candace is a female ruler of the Kushite Empire.The Gore corresponds to the title Queen Mother, or empress dowager.The candaces didn't rule for life.The duty of the Gore was to settle disputes between ranking leaders in the state, in addition to overseeing protocol.The kushite parliament always elected the king, and not always from members of the nobility or royal families.The real power in the empire was the Kushite parliament which also doubled as a college of priests.The title of the king was Ko.There were times when the empire was rules by kings, or jointly by a king and a candace.They had a term limits that were staggered but consistent from one candace to the next