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Apranik

Apranik was the commander of the Sassanian army against the invading Arab-Muslim forces during the reign of Yazdegerd III (632-651 CE).

Artunis

A Lieutenant Commander of the army under Cyrus the Great.

Pantea Arteshbod served as a military commander under Cyrus the Great and played a pivotal role in the Battle of Opis in 539 BCE (later assisting her husband in the formation of the 10,000 Persian Immortals)

Cynane

The half-sister of Alexander the Great (l.356-323 BCE). Following the Illyrian tradition of women as warriors, her mother raised her in the martial arts and the belief that she was the equal of any man.

Freydis Eiríksdóttir

Freydis Eiríksdóttir (c. 970-c. 1004 CE) was either a great woman warrior or an evil, conniving murderess depending on which of the two stories about her one reads.

Lozen

Fames Native American warrior

Old-Lady-Grieves-the-Enemy

Old-Lady-Grieves-the-Enemy was a Pawnee woman, not a warrior, who rallied her community to defend the sacred village of Pahaku against a raid by Ponca and Sioux raiding parties.

Kahina

7th century CE Berber (Imazighen) warrior-queen and seer who led her people against the Arab Invasion of North Africa

Amanikhatashan

First century CE queen of Meroe

Atossa

Daughter of Cyrus the Great, wife of three kings and mother of Xerxes I, who operated her own business and maintained her own court and military.