Women in ancient European 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.

thumb|"Macha Curses the Men of Ulster", Stephen Reid (artist)|Stephen Reid's illustration from [[Eleanor Hull's ''The Boys' Cuchulainn (1904)]] Macha () was a sovereignty goddess of ancient Ireland associated with the province of Ulster, particularly the sites of Navan Fort (Eamhain Mhacha) and Armagh (Ard Mhacha''), which are named after her. Several figures called Macha appear in Irish mythology and folklore, all believed to derive from the same goddess. She is said to be one of three sisters known as 'the three Morrígna'. Like other sovereignty goddesses, Macha is associated with the land,

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

legendary Queen of the Britons

legendary figure

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.

thumb|300px|right|Woodcut illustration of Chiomara, printed by Johannes Zainer ca. 1474.

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

Onomaris was a Celtic queen regnant. She is described in the anonymous collection of Greek stories known in Latin as . She is the first Celtic woman mentioned by name in classical records.

Amage () (fl. 2nd-century BC) was a Sarmatian queen. According to the writings of Polyaenus, she was the wife of the Sarmatian king Medosacus (Μηδόσακκος). she ruled as regent to a dissolute husband. They were from the coast of the Euxine Sea.

Tirgatao (Scythian: ; Ancient Greek: , romanized: ) was a princess of the Maeotes mentioned by Polyaenus. She was the first wife of the Sindian king Hecataeus, and was a notable participant of the Bosporan wars of expansion.

Persian governor