5 Brave Warrior Queens Who Defied the Mighty Roman Empire

Teuta, Cleopatra, Boudica, Zenobia, and Mavia

Peter Preskar
Short History
Published in
6 min readDec 10, 2021

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Boudica, queen of Britons
Artistic impression of Boudica, queen of Britons (Image:pinterest.com.au)

If you read about the history of the Roman Empire, you learn the Romans fought against many talented opponents such as Hannibal, Pyrrhus, Vercingetorix, and Attila the Hun.

But were there really only men who dared to face the Romans and fight them? What about women?

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