Women in 1st-century warfare

Boudica or Boudicca (, from Brythonic * 'victory, win' + * (adjectival suffix), i.e. 'Victorious Woman', known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh as '''''', ) was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. She is considered a British national heroine and a symbol of the struggle for justice and independence.

Member of Julio-Claudian dynasty (c. 14 BC–AD 33)

1st century AD Vietnamese queens and military leaders

Cartimandua or Cartismandua (reigned ) was a 1st-century queen of the Brigantes, a Romano-British people living in what is now northern England. She is known through the writings of Roman historian Tacitus.

alt=|thumb|Thusnelda statue in Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence. thumb|The Wife of Arminius Brought Captive to Germanicus by [[Benjamin West, 1773]] thumb|Hermann and Thusnelda (Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein|Tischbein, 1822) alt=|thumb|241x241px|Thusnelda at the Roman triumph|Triumph of Germanicus, by [[Karl von Piloty, 1873]] thumb|Arminius says goodbye to Thusnelda, Johannes Gehrts (1884) Thusnelda (; 10 BC – after AD 17) was a Germanic Cheruscan noblewoman who was captured by the Roman general Germanicus during his invasion of Germania. She was the wife of Arminius. Tacitus and Strabo cite he

thumb|Statue of Veleda by Laurent Marqueste () thumb|"Veleda, prophetess of the Germans," by Juan Scherr (1882) Veleda () was a seeress of the Bructeri, a Germanic people who achieved some prominence during the Batavian rebellion of AD 69–70, headed by the Romanized Batavian chieftain Gaius Julius Civilis, when she correctly predicted the initial successes of the rebels against Roman legions.

1st century AD Chinese rebel leader against the Xin dynasty

revolt by Celtic tribes against the Romans (c. 60-61 AD)

thumb| In On Famous Women Triaria (1st-century) was a Roman woman, the second wife of Lucius Vitellius the Younger (the brother of emperor Aulus Vitellius).

Vietnamese princess and military leader