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Jan 1, 2022 · 1. Tomyris: Warrior Queen of the Massagetae. Even her name evokes a sense of heroism. From the Eastern Iranian tongue, “Tomyris” means “brave,” and during her life, she showed no shortage of this trait. As the only child of Spargapises, the leader of the Massagetae tribes of Scythia, she inherited the leadership of her people upon his death.
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Goddess Athena, daughter of Zeus, was the Greek goddess of...
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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.
Nov 7, 2021 · From Joan of Arc to Boudica to Grace O'Malley, these fearsome female warriors rank with history's most courageous leaders. Ana Nzinga once used a servant as a chair during a meeting with the Portuguese governor and then slit his throat to show the governor who he was messing with.
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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. Impressed by her bravery and skill, the ruler said: “My men have turned into women, my women into men.”
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Dec 24, 2022 · Boudicca. Queen of the Iceni. Source: Wikipedia. Boudicca is an iconic heroine of British history. She led a rebellion against the forces of the Roman Empire in Britain in AD 60 or 61. Her...
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Apr 17, 2021 · Queen Teuta of Illyria. Reigning between c. 231 and c. 229 BCE, Queen Teuta was the renowned warrior queen of the Ardiaei tribe in Illyria (a region in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula). She was in effect the de facto ruler following the death of her husband Agron in c. 231 BCE.
