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Nov 15, 2022 · Women throughout history have held lower statuses than men, but that often gave them an edge in espionage or assassin work – few people suspected that women were capable of such things when they were looked upon as being inferior.
- Fu Hao
- Tomyris
- Artemisia I of Caria
- Cynane
- & 6. Olympias and Eurydice
- Queen Teuta
- Boudicca
- Triệu Thị Trinh
- Zenobia
Lady Fu Hao was one of the 60 wives of Emperor Wu Ding of ancient China’s Shang Dynasty. She broke with tradition by serving as both a high priestess and military general. According to inscriptions on oracle bones from the time, Fu Hao led many military campaigns, commanded 13,000 soldiers and was considered the most powerful military leaders of he...
Tomyris was the Queen of the Massaegetae, a confederation of nomadic tribes that lived east of the Caspian Sea. She ruled during the 6th century BC and is most famous for the vengeful war she waged against the Persian king, Cyrus the Great. Initially the war did not go well for Tomyris and the Massaegetae. Cyrus destroyed their army and Tomyris’ so...
The Ancient Greek Queen of Halicarnassus, Artemisia ruled during the late 5thcentury BC. She was an ally to the King of Persia, Xerxes I, and fought for him during the second Persian invasion of Greece, personally commanding 5 ships at the Battle of Salamis. Herodotus writes that she was a decisive and intelligent, albeit ruthless strategist. Accor...
Cynane was the daughter of King Philip II of Macedon and his first wife, the Illyrian Princess Audata. She was also the half-sister of Alexander the Great. Audata raised Cynane in the Illyrian tradition, training her in the arts of war and turning her into an exceptional fighter – so much so that her skill on the battlefield became famed throughout...
The mother of Alexander the Great, Olympias was one of the most remarkable women in antiquity. She was a princess of the most powerful tribe in Epirus (a region now divided between northwest Greece and southern Albania) and her family claimed descent from Achilles. Despite this impressive claim, many Greeks considered her home kingdom to be semi-ba...
Teuta was the Queen of the Ardiaei tribe in Illyria during the late third century BC. In 230 BC, she was acting as regent for her infant stepson when a Roman embassy arrived at her court to mediate concerns about Illyrian expansion along the Adriatic shoreline. During the meeting however, one of the Roman delegates lost his temper and began to shou...
Queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe, Boudicca led an uprising against the forces of the Roman Empire in Britain after the Romans ignored her husband Prasutagus’ will, which left rule of his kingdom to both Rome and his daughters. Upon Prasutagus’ death, the Romans seized control, flogged Boudicca and Roman soldiers raped her daughters. Boudicca...
Commonly referred to as Lady Triệu, this warrior of 3rdcentury Vietnam temporarily freed her homeland from Chinese rule. That is according to traditional Vietnamese sources at least, which also state that she was 9 feet tall with 3-foot breasts that she tied behind her back during battle. She usually fought while riding an elephant. Chinese histori...
The Queen of Syria’s Palmyrene Empire from 267 AD, Zenobia conquered Egypt from the Romans only 2 years into her reign. Her empire only lasted a short while longer, however, as the Roman Emperor Aurelian defeated her in 271, taking her back to Rome where she — depending on which account you believe — either died shortly thereafter or married a Roma...
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- ARTEMISIA I OF CARIA. Named after the Goddess of the Hunt (Artemis), Artemisia was the 5th century BCE Queen of Halicarnassus, a kingdom that exists in modern-day Turkey.
- JOAN OF ARC. Not just a legendary female warrior but also a Roman Catholic saint, Joan was but a girl when visions of the Archangel Michael drove her to approach the military of France's King Charles VII and offer to assist in his efforts to expel the occupying English in the later days of the Hundred Years' War.
- TRIỆU THỊ TRINH. Though described as the "Vietnamese Joan of Arc," Triệu Thị Trinh predated the French heroine by more than 1200 years. At 20 years old, Triệu (a.k.a.
- NAKANO TAKEKO. One of the only known onna-bugeisha (female samurais) in Japan's history, Takeko was educated in literary and martial arts before distinguishing herself in the Boshin War, a Japanese civil war that lasted from January 3 1868 to May 18, 1869.
Some women warriors are documented in the written or scientific record [1] [2] and as such form part of history (e.g. the Ancient Briton queen Boudica, who led the Iceni into battle against the Romans).
- Fu Hao. (died 1200 BC, China) Fu Hao was one of the many wives of King Wu Ding. She lived during the Shang Dynasty and served in the unique role of female general.
- Tomyris. (c. 530 BC, Central Asia) Tomyris was the Queen of Massagetae near the Caspian Sea. She was a widow who took on the role of queen and led her people against Cyrus the Great.
- Artemisia I of Caria. (c. 480 BC, modern-day Anatolia) Artemisia I of Caria was an important female figure of the 5th century BC. She served as the queen of Halicarnassus, a Greek city-state.
- Cynane. (357-323 BC, Macedon) Cynane was the daughter of King Philip II of Macedon and the Illyrian Princess Audata. She was also the half-sister of Alexander the Great.
Jan 25, 2013 · Meet some of history’s most famous female warriors. Artemisia I, 5th century BC Queen of Halicarnassus (in modern Turkey) within the Persian Empire, Artemisia commanded five ships under Xerxes during his invasion of Greece in 480 BC.
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum. The Amazons of Greek mythology present the original portrait of woman warriors. They were a society of women who forswore the society of men—except to mate with them for the purpose of increasing their all-female tribe.
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